Kjell Larsson

Kjell Larsson (26 March 1943 – 21 December 2002) was a Swedish social democrat politician. He held many positions in the social democratic party and was one of the advisors to leading Swedish social democrats, namely Olof Palme and Ingvar Carlsson. He served as the minister of environment for two years between 1998 and 2000.

Biography Larsson was born in Gothenburg on 26 March 1943. His father was a construction worker. In 1996, he was made director-general of the Swedish export credits guarantee board and in 1998, he was appointed as the environment minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Göran Persson.

In addition to political posts, Larsson served as the head of Table Tennis Association.

Larsson had an operation and retired from politics due to his illness in September 2002. He was succeeded by Lena Sommestad as environment minister. Larsson died at age 59 in Stockholm on 22 December 2002 due to cancer. He had three children.