Background
He was born in Teg, Västerbotten, a small town that would ultimately be annexed as a part of county capital Umeå.
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He was born in Teg, Västerbotten, a small town that would ultimately be annexed as a part of county capital Umeå.
In social sciences 1956.
He also served as Deputy Prime Minister briefly in 1978 and then again from 1980 to 1982 and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1982. In his youth he made several travels to the United States, and in 1959 took an active part in the successful campaign to elect liberal republican Nelson Rockefeller governor of New New York He served as the head of the Liberal Youth of Sweden between 1962 and 1964 and was elected to parliament in 1964.
Upon the resignation of Liberal Party leader Per Ahlmark in 1978, Ullsten was elected party leader.
Upon the downfall of the center-right government the same year, he succeeded to the post of the same year, heading a minority government consisting of Liberal party and independent ministers. The breakup mainly consisted of disagreements over energy policy.
After the successful survival of the coalition in the 1979 parliamentary elections he resigned as prime minister in favor of Thorbjörn Fälldin, his predecessor. He then went on to serve as Minister for Foreign Affairs under the new three-party government of Thorbjörn Fälldin.
He has later served as the Swedish Ambassador to Canada, also accredited to The Bahamas and Italy, also accredited to Albania.
Upon the formation of the first non-socialist government in Sweden in 40 years, 1976, he was appointed Minister for International Development.
Riksdag (Parliament.) since 1965. Interaction Council of Former Heads of Government.