Sten Heckscher

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Sten Heckscher (born July 14, 1942) is a Swedish lawyer and Social Democratic politician. He is a son of the former right-wing politician Gunnar Heckscher and a grandson of economist Eli Heckscher.

He graduated with a degree in law from Uppsala University. Even though his father was leader of what later became the Moderate Party, Heckscher engaged himself in Social Democratic politics. He served in numerous public positions in and out of government until Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson appointed him Minister of Industry and Employment on the eve of the Social Democrats' election victory in 1994. In 1996, he resigned to become National Police Commissioner. Heckscher served until 2005 when he was appointed a senior judge in Stockholm.

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