Per Ahlmark

• Name — Per Ahlmark • Birth Name — Per Axel Ahlmark • Born — 15 January 1939 • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Died — 8 June 2018 • Place of death — Stockholm, Sweden • Office — Minister for Employment • Term Start — 8 October 1976 • Term End — 7 March 1978 • Prime Minister — Thorbjörn Fälldin • Predecessor — Ingemund Bengtsson • Successor — Rolf Wirtén • Office2 — Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden • Term Start2 — 8 October 1976 • Term End2 — 7 March 1978 • Prime Minister2 — Thorbjörn Fälldin • Predecessor2 — Office established • Successor2 — Ola Ullsten • Party — Liberal People's Party • Education — Stockholm University • Occupation — Politician • Monarch — Carl XVI Gustaf • Monarch2 — Carl XVI Gustaf • Resting Place — Katarina Church

Ahlmark was born in Stockholm, Sweden, as the son of the professor in medicine Axel Ahlmark and the dentist Gunvor Berglund. He completed upper secondary education at Södra Latin in Stockholm and earned a BA in political science from Stockholm University in 1964.

Ahlmark joined the Liberal Youth of Sweden in 1960 and was elected chairman of the organization the same year. He served as chairman of the Liberal Youth until 1962 and as a member of the board of the Liberal People's Party from 1960 to 1978. He was elected a member of the upper house of the Swedish parliament from 1967 to 1969 (representing the constituency of Örebro County) and as a member of the lower house from 1969 to 1970 (representing the constituency of Stockholm Municipality). Following the unicameral reform in Sweden in 1970–1971, Ahlmark served as a member of the unicameral parliament until 1978. He also served as a member of the Council of Europe from 1971 to 1976, and as deputy chairman of the Martin Luther King Fund from 1968 to 1973. On 7 November 1975, Ahlmark succeeded Gunnar Helén as leader of the Liberal People's Party. from 1975 to 1978. From 1976 to 1978, in the first non-socialist government in Sweden in forty years, Ahlmark served as Minister for Employment and Deputy Prime Minister. On 7 March 1978, Ahlmark retired from party politics for personal reasons. From 1978 to 1981 he served as chairman of the board of the Swedish Film Institute.

On account of Ahlmark's 70th birthday in 2009, a new foundation called The Per Ahlmark Foundation was established in October 2008 by the Jewish assembly in Stockholm. The stated purpose of the foundation is to "promote scientific research and education in political science, the history of ideas and Jewish history, as well as in economics, all with particular focus on issues concerning democracy and human rights". The foundation is chaired by the Swedish businessman Robert Weil and honorary chairman is the rabbi Michael Melchior.

Ahlmark was first married to the journalist Lillemor Melsted in 1965. From 1978 to 1981 he was married to the actress Bibi Andersson. Ahlmark died on 8 June 2018 at the age of 79.

Recorded positions include member of the First Chamber, member of the Second Chamber, substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and member of the Swedish Riksdag. He belonged to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He worked at Stockholm.