Pär Stenbäck

Pär Stenbäck (born 12 August 1941 in Porvoo) is a Finnish politician and debater. [1][2][3] Stenbäck was elected to the Finnish parliament at the age of 28 and functioned as the party chairman for the Swedish People's Party 1977-1985. He was Minister of Education and then Foreign Minister in two governments, 1979-1983. This was followed by significant roles within the International Red Cross, International Youth Foundation, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and several other organisations.[1]

Pär Stenbäck
Born12 August 1941  (age 80)
Porvoo 
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, debater 
Political partySwedish People's Party of Finland 
Awards

Career

Stenbäck studied political science at Helsinki University.[1] He worked as a journalist for YLE 1964-1967.[3]

Stenbäck has been a member of the city council of Espoo, and also the Finnish parliament (1970-1985).[1][3] He was the Minister of Education (1979 to 1982), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982 to 1983) and Party Leader of the Swedish People's Party (1977 to 1985).[1] He received an Honorary Minister title in 1999.[1]

He has also been the general secretary for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Geneva from 1988 to 1992.[3] He received the prestigious Henry Dunant Medal of the International Red Cross in 2009.[1]

Between 1992 and 1997 he functioned as the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Copenhagen.[3] In 1991, he took part in the founding of the International Youth Foundation (IYF), now situated in Baltimore, as a director 1991–1996, thereafter as VP for Europe until 2005.[4][5] In 1995, he became a founding board member of the International Crisis Group.[5] In 2001, together with ambassador Karl-Erik Norrman, he founded the European Cultural Parliament, where he is the Chairman of the Senate.[6] In the same year, he founded the Finnish Children and Youth Foundation and acted as its board chair until 2012.[7] In June 2017, he founded the foreign policy association "Nya Utrikespolitiska Samfundet".[1][8]

Publications

Stenbäck has published two books depicting his career in politics and in the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement (2007 and 2009). He is a regular columnist in the daily Hufvudstadsbladet (Helsinki).

  • 2021, All världens vägar, Reflektioner på distans [9]
  • 2018, Demokrati under hot? [10]
  • 2009, Kriser och katastrofer : politik och humanitärt arbete [11]
  • 2007, När världen öppnade sig : en sextiotalskrönika [12]

Awards and recognition
  • 2009, Henry Dunant Medal, International Red Cross/Red Crescent
  • 1999, Honorary Minister title in Finland

References
  1. "Pär Stenbäck, Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (BLF)". www.blf.fi. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. "Pär Stenbäck - Uppslagsverket Finland". uppslagsverket.fi. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  3. "80-vuotias "Näkymät ovat taas mitä synkimmät", sanoo Pär Stenbäck, joka ehti nähdä valon hetken maailmanpolitiikassa". Helsingin Sanomat. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  4. "Former Board Members". International Youth Foundation. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  5. "Pär Stenbäck, 70 år: Lyssnar bortom twittret". Hbl.fi. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  6. "Senators, European Cultural Parliament – ECP". Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  7. "History of the Children and Youth Foundation". Lasten ja nuorten säätiö. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  8. "Om NUPS, Nya Utrikespolitiska Samfundet". NUPS. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  9. Stenbäck, Pär. All världens vägar. ISBN 978-952-7224-43-4 – via Open WorldCat.
  10. Stenbäck, Pär. Demokrati under hot?. ISBN 978-952-5864-86-1 – via Open WorldCat.
  11. Stenbäck, Pär. Kriser och katastrofer: politik och humanitärt arbete. Helsingfors: Schildts. ISBN 978-951-50-1890-8 – via Open WorldCat.
  12. Stenbäck, Pär. När världen öppnade sig: en sextiotalskrönika. Helsingfors: Schildt. ISBN 978-951-50-1693-5 – via Open WorldCat.
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