| Lennart Geijer | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Justice | |
| In office 14 October 1969 – 8 October 1976 |
|
| Prime Minister | Olof Palme |
| Preceded by | Herman Kling |
| Succeeded by | Sven Romanus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Johan Lennart Geijer 14 September 1909 Ystad, Sweden |
| Died | 16 June 1999 (aged 89) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Occupation | politician, lawyer |
Johan Lennart Geijer (born 14 September 1909 in Ystad, died 16 June 1999 in Stockholm), was a Swedish politician and lawyer.[1] The son of the postmaster Åke Geijer and Anna Sylvan.
Lennart Geijer studied at Lund University, and took a Candidate of Law in 1933. After two years of service he got a leading position at Hyresgästföreningen. He was minister 1966-76, minister without portfolio 1966-69 and Minister of Justice 1969-76.
Geijer strove during his tenure as minister to reduce the use of imprisonment and to make imprisonment more humane and focused on care and rehabilitation.
Geijer was Swedish Minister of Justice during the occupation of the Embassy in Stockholm in 1975, when Holger Meins's commando, of the armed left extremist organization Red Army Faction (RAF) took the West German Embassy in Skarpö Street in Gärdet in Stockholm. During the drama Geijer negotiated with the terrorists in the embassy building.
Geijer was one of the involved in the political scandal known as "The Geijer Scandal" in the 1970s, which involved exploitations of prostitutes organized by the brothel madam Doris Hopp. The scandal has been the subject of prostitute and criminal Lillemor Östlin's autobiography Hinsehäxan (2005) as well as journalist Peter Bratt's memoirs Med rent uppsåt (2007).[2]