B. A., Stockholm University. Hon. Fellow at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. Member of Academie Universelle des Cultures (Paris). Former Dep. Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister of Labour, Leader of the Liberal Party, Member of the Council of Europe. Founder of the Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism. Board Member of the UN Watch (Geneva). Columnist in Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm).

Publications include: Numerous articles and many books - poetry, essays, politics, international conflicts, democracy/dictatorship, including Vänstern och tyranniet (Tyranny and the Left, 1994), Det öppna såret (An Open Sore, 1997) and Det är demokratin, dumbom (2004)