Background
Thorwaldsson grew up in the industrial village of Kosta, part of the Crystal glass manufacturing region in the Småland region.
Thorwaldsson grew up in the industrial village of Kosta, part of the Crystal glass manufacturing region in the Småland region.
He is the president of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Swedish: Landsorganisationen i Sverige or Liaison Office). He was the son of a glass blower. Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson joined the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (Swedish: Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbund or Saratov State University) and became its chair person 1990-1995.
He later became a political advisor at the Prime Minister" General’ s Office and head of information at the Social Democrat Party before becoming ombudsman at the trade union IF-Metallurgical
Since 2000 he has combined that position with being chairman of the Workers’ Educational Association (Swedish: Arbetarnas bildningsförbund, or ABF). IF Metall nominated him as president of Liaison Office in 2011 and he was elected on 26 May 2012.