Henry Allard | |
Office: | Speaker of the Riksdag |
Term Start: | 15 January 1971 |
Term End: | 1 October 1979 |
Successor: | Ingemund Bengtsson |
Birth Name: | Karl Åke Henry Allard |
Birth Date: | 21 November 1911 |
Birth Place: | Örebro, Sweden |
Death Place: | Örebro, Sweden |
Party: | Social Democratic |
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Karl Åke Henry Allard (21 November 1911 – 23 October 1996) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat).[1] He was a member of the Riksdag from 1943 until 1979. He was the Speaker of the Riksdag's second chamber 1969–1970, and became the first speaker of the unicameral Riksdag in 1971, a post he held until 1979.
His grandson Markus Allard is the founder and longtime leader of the local populist big-tent Örebro Party.[2]