Hjalmar Mehr

Hjalmar Leo Mehr (born November 19th, 1910 – died December 26th, 1979) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, mayor of Stockholm (1958–1966, 1970–1971) and governor of Stockholm County (1971–1977). He promoted many radical socialist welfare state policies but is mostly remembered and criticized for the redevelopment of Norrmalm, where a significant part of the old Stockholm was demolished.

Hjalmar Mehr
Hjalmar Mehr (right) with former Borgarråd Yngve Larsson inside Stockholm City Hall 1963
8th Mayor of Stockholm
In office
15 October 1958  15 October 1966
MonarchGustaf VI Adolf
Preceded byErik Huss
Succeeded byPer-Olof Hansson
In office
15 October 1970  30 September 1971
MonarchGustaf VI Adolf
Preceded byThorsten Sundström
Succeeded byAlbert Aronsson
Governor of Stockholm County
In office
1971–1977
MonarchGustaf VI Adolf
Carl XVI Gustaf
Preceded byAllan Nordenstam
Succeeded byGunnar Helén
Personal details
Born(1910-11-19)November 19, 1910
Sankt Matteus församling
DiedDecember 26, 1979(1979-12-26) (aged 69)
Adelsö församling
Political partySocial Democrats
Spouse(s)
Liselotte Lina Meyer
(
m. 1937)
OccupationPolitician

In 1969, Mehr was elected president of the newly established Swedish Association of Local Authorities (Svenska Kommunförbundet), an association that existed from 1969 to 2007 (now the Swedish Association of Regions) to interact with the Riksdag of Sweden.

Mehr's parents, Sara and Bernhard Meyerowitch, were Russian-Jewish revolutionaries who after the failed 1905 Russian Revolution fled to Sweden, where Hjalmar was born and named after Hjalmar Branting.


Hjalmar Mehr


Preceded by
created in 1969
President of the
Swedish Association of Local Authorities

1969–1971
Succeeded by
Inge Hörlén
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