Ola Ullsten

28th Prime Minister of Sweden
Ola Ullsten
In office October 18, 1978 – October 12, 1979
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Deputy	Sven Romanus
Preceded by	Torbjörn Fälldin
Succeeded by	Torbjörn Fälldin

Born	June 23, 1931 (1931-06-23) (age 76) Umeå, Västerbotten County
Political party	Liberal People's Party
Spouse	Louise Beaudoin
Children	Nicolas Beaudoin-Ullsten, Christian Beaudoin-Ullsten, Maria Ullsten and Katarina Ullsten

Stig Kjell Olof (Ola) Ullsten (born June 23, 1931) is a Swedish liberal politician, and former leader of the Swedish Liberal People's Party. He served as the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1978 to 1979, heading a minority government consisting of Liberal party ministers after the centre-right coalition government between the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Moderate Party broke down because of disagreements over energy policy. After the 1979 parliamentary elections he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the three-party centre-right government under Thorbjörn Fälldin. He has later served as the Swedish Ambassador to Canada, Italy and the Holy See.

Preceded by Thorbjörn Fälldin	Prime Minister of Sweden 1978-1979	Succeeded by Thorbjörn Fälldin
Preceded by Hans Blix	Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs 1979-1982	Succeeded by Lennart Bodström
Preceded by Per Ahlmark	Leader of the Swedish Liberal People's Party 1978—1983	Succeeded by Bengt Westerberg