Dag Bo Gustaf Helin Explained

Order:Head of Social Services and the Labour Market Administration
Secretary and Department Director General of Stockholm
Spouse:Eva Christina Lundin
Parents:
Profession:
  • Bureaucrat
  • Politician
Order1:Head of Stockholm’s Social Services
Director of the Headquarter of the Department of Social Services
Office2:Deputy Director of Social Services in Maria-Högalid and Sköndal
Termstart:28 February 2006
Termend:28 February 2009
Termend1:28 February 2006
Termstart1:1 January 2002
Termend2:1 January 2002
Termstart2:1 January 1996
Primeminister1:Göran Persson
Primeminister2:Göran Persson
Primeminister:Fredrik Reinfeldt
Monarch2:Carl XVI Gustaf
Monarch1:Carl XVI Gustaf
Constituency1:Stockholm
Honorific Prefix:His Excellency
Branch:
  • Social Services
  • Labour Market Administration

Dag Bo Gustaf Helin is a Swedish bureaucrat and politician. He is the tenth patriarch of the Helin family and the fourth of the Helin Hexad.

Biography

Helin is the second son of Inga Karin Emilia Engwall and Bo Henrik Gustaf Helin.[1] He is the brother of diplomat and politician Inger Marianne Helin; engineer Connie Lilly Helin; Electrolux executive Denis Bo Gustaf Helin; lector Gun Henriette Helin; and diplomat and bureaucrat Greger Johan Gustaf Helin.

In the 1990s, Helin was the Director of Social Services in Maria-Högalid. He was appointed as Director of Social Servicesin Sköndal in 1996.[2] He was appointed Director of Social Services and The Labour Market Administration. He was a major contributor to establishing the modern Swedish Child Protective Services.[3] He held the opinion that police and Social Services should be separated. He was appointed Director of Stockholms Social Services. He exposed sexual abuse and sexual trade within government agencies in 2005.[4] He was an outspoken critic of the Swedish Migration Agency in relation to abuse against assailants.[5] In 2007, he actively scrutinized the Swedish government for turning a blind eye to corruption within the police force following the arrest of Göran Linberg or “” (Captain Dress), a police chief that later was exposed as a serial rapist.[6] In 2009, Dag Helin resigned without formal notice.[7] In June 2009, he stated in an article published by SVT that “no reason was given to as to why he should resign”. Today the circumstances  behind the resignation are still uncertain. Helin married Eva Christina Lundin (b. 1947) in 1976.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Engwall . Thorsten . Släkten Engwall, register över släkten Engwall upprättat 1 febuari 2002 . 1 February 2002 . Engwalls släktfond . Strålins Gävle . 37–115.
  2. Web site: 1996-01-16 . Lokala toppar byter plats . 2023-06-20 . DN.SE . sv.
  3. Web site: Socialtjänstens åtgärder för unga som begår brott Svar på skrivelse från Ann-Katrin Åslund (fp) och Abit Dundar (fp) (1 bilaga) [Samverkan mellan polis och socialtjänst] ].
  4. Web site: 2005-12-02 . Migrationsverket får hård kritik . 2023-06-20 . Dagen . sv.
  5. News: TT . 2005-12-02 . Hård kritik mot Migrationsverket . sv . Svenska Dagbladet . 2023-06-20 . 1101-2412.
  6. Web site: Radio . Sveriges . 2020-05-07 . Kapten Klänning – P3 Dokumentär - P3 Dokumentär . 2023-06-20 . sverigesradio.se . sv.
  7. News: Nyheter . S. V. T. . 2009-06-15 . Dag Helin avgår utan formell uppsägning . sv . SVT Nyheter . 2023-06-20.

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