Ove Rainer

Anders Ove Rainer (14 September 1925 – 27 January 1987) was a Swedish civil servant and politician. He served as minister for justice from 1982 and 1983. Rainer was a jurist by profession. He was also state secretary and director-general of the Swedish Postal Agency from 1973 to 1982. He passed studentexamen in 1944 and obtained a Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University College in 1949.

Career Early career Rainer did his clerkship at Sollentuna and Färentuna judicial districts from 1949 to 1951 and worked as an extra legal clerk in Svea Court of Appeal in 1952. He resigned from office in 1983 due the reports of his using legal tax loopholes. These reports were first published in Aftonbladet, and one week later Rainer submitted his resignation.

Prime Minister Olof Palme, who kept a low profile and hitherto avoided commenting on the course of events, immediately arranged for Rainer, who had long been a good friend of his, to become a justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden. On 18 November, it emerged that Rainer - with Sveriges Riksbank's permission - had transferred SEK 5 million to Switzerland to buy shares, in order to take control of a company that belonged to a deceased relative. Now Palme – who denied prior knowledge of the Swiss affair – also reacted. The following day, Rainer was also forced to resign as supreme court justice.

Other work Rainer also served as expert in the Nordic joint committee concerning the legal community. He was chairman of the joint organization for EDP in the legal system, the 1967 police investigation, the committee for criminological treatment research, the correctional treatment commission, the crime Commission, the mass media concentration inquiry and the energy commission.