Henry Allard

Swedish politician

Gustav VI Adolf
Carl XVI Gustaf

Succeeded byIngemund Bengtsson Personal detailsBorn

Karl Åke Henry Allard

(1911-11-21)21 November 1911
Örebro, SwedenDied23 October 1996(1996-10-23) (aged 84)
Örebro, SwedenPolitical partySocial DemocraticRelatives

Hjalmar Allard (father)
Nelly Allard (mother)
Folke Allard (brother)
Markus Allard (grandson)

Karl Åke Henry Allard (21 November 1911 – 23 October 1996) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat).^[1] He was a member of the Riksdag from 1943 until 1979. He was the Speaker of the Riksdag's second chamber 1969–1970, and became the first speaker of the unicameral Riksdag in 1971, a post he held until 1979.

His grandson Markus Allard is the founder and longtime leader of the local populist big-tent Örebro Party.^[2]

References

^ Allard, Henry in Vem är det, 1993 edition (in Swedish)
^ "Örebropartiet". Örebropartiet. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

Preceded by Fridolf Thapper	Speaker of the Riksdag's Second Chamber 1969-1970	Succeeded by None
Preceded by none	Speaker of the Riksdag 1971-1979	Succeeded by Ingemund Bengtsson