Background
LEIJON, Anna-Greta was born on June 30, 1939 in Stockholm.
politician Member of the Riksdag
LEIJON, Anna-Greta was born on June 30, 1939 in Stockholm.
Uppsala University.
She was employed at the Swedish Labour Market Administration (Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen) in 1964 and became agency director there in 1970. Leijon was chairman of the Committee on Finance from 1988 to 1990. Kidnapping plans Following the 1975 West German Embassy siege in Stockholm, the German Red Army Faction (Royal Air Force) terrorist Norbert Kröcher allegedly planned to kidnap Anna-Greta Leijon.
The goal was to exchange Leijon for 8 of his comrades held in German prisons.
The plan, known as Operation Leo, was intercepted by the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) and Kröcher was arrested on 31 March in Stockholm. He was deported from Sweden in 1977 and jailed in Germany.
He was released in 1989 and did not rejoin the Royal Air Force. Leijon was chosen as the kidnapping victim because she had the responsibility for the terrorist legislation and was ultimately responsible for the expulsion of the Royal Air Force terrorists who carried out the embassy siege. After her time as politician Anna-Greta Leijon had several public assignments, including as chairman of the Sveriges Television (SVT) from 1995 to 2005.
In 1995 she succeeded Hans Alfredson as head of Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm, an assignment that she held until 31 August 2005, when she was replaced by John Brattmyhr.
Leijon was chairman of Moderna Museet from 1999 to 2008.
Leijon was minister without portfolio from 1973 to 1976 and member of the Riksdag (s) from 1974 to 1990 (vice chairman of the Committee on the Labour Market from 1979 to 1982). She was a member of the Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party Board from 1981, Minister for Employment from 1982 to 1987, for Gender Equality in 1986 and Minister for Justice from 1987 to 1988 when she was forced to step down due to the Ebbe Carlsson affair.