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CV
Björn Tarras-Wahlberg
Swedish office:
Strandvägen 7 B 114 56, Stockholm, Sweden
BTW@worldtaxpayers.org
Tel +46 70 325 00 11
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Professional
Experience
| 2006
- |
Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Taxpayers Union
Chairman since 2006 for a regional cooperation of 19 taxpayers associations
from 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific area: Australia, Azerbaijan, China,
Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia,
Pakistan and the Philippines. Since the establishment of this regional
organization in Beijing, China in 2005 three yearly meetings has been held,
in Seoul, South Korea in 2006, in Shenzhen, China in 2007, and in Atlanta,
USA in 2008. |
| 2000
- |
Secretary
General of the
World Taxpayers Associations
Founder,
Honorary President, and Secretary General of the World Taxpayers Associations,
a confederation of 65 member associations from 45 countries on 6 continents:
www.worldtaxpayers.org. WTA is a united front for lower taxes (flat rates),
less government waste, accountable government, and legal right for taxpayers
all
over the world. Officially established in the Foreign Press Club in Washington,
D.C. in 1988.
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| 2000-2004 |
World
Bank and
SIDA consultant
Consultant to the Word Bank in East Europe and Central Asia and the Swedish
International Development Agency, SIDA. |
| 1985-2000 |
President Swedish Taxpayers Association
President of the Swedish Taxpayers Association and publisher
of Common Sense (Sunt Förnuft) and Taxes & Welfare (Skatter & Välfärd).
Deputy With 40 employees, a turnover of 50 milj SEK ($ 5 milj), assets
of 200 milj SEK ($ 20 milj) and at most 186.000 members (4% of all
families in Sweden) the association was one of the biggest in the
world and bigger than any of the political parties. The work included
lobbying, lots of speeches, writing of hundreds of articles and leadership.
Deputy President Taxpayers Association of Europe.
Mr. Tarras-Wahlberg was recruited by Dr. Curt Nicolin with
the task to reduce the highest income taxes in the world, from 84% to
50% (Hälften
kvar – "Half
part left"), which was realized in 1991. |
| 1984-1985 |
Vice President Ericsson Group
Vice President
in the parent company of Ericsson Group, Stockholm. Director of Marketing
in Scandinavia and Finland and also responsible for political contacts
in the entire company. |
| 1974-1984 |
Chief Lobbyist Swedish Employers Confederation, SAF
Chief lobbyist and Government Relations Manager at the Swedish Employers
Confederation, SAF (today Confederation of Swedish Enterprise), which
was the biggest
and most powerful business organization in Sweden. Deputy director
since 1980. |
| 1971-1973 |
Parliamentary Secretary Swedish Association of Free Enterprise
Secretary to 46 members
of Parliament belonging to the Swedish Association of Free Enterprise (Företagareförbundet
SFR). Office in Parliament. The work included the writing of private bills
and
speeches delivered in Parliament by the members of the non socialist parties. |
| 1967-1968 |
Secretary to the Liberal-Conservative group in Parliament
Secretary to
the Liberal-Conservative group in Parliament with the task to assist MPs
with private bills and speeches. |
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Books Written
| 2006 |
"Taxpayer
Revolution -- How to Start and Run a
Taxpayers Association"
Second revised edition presented at the European Resource Bank Meeting
and the World Taxpayers Associations Congress in Vienna, June 2006. Translated
into
English,
Russian, Chinese and Indonesian. |
| 2004 |
"Taxpayer
Revolution -- How to Start and Run a
Taxpayers Association"
Published for the World Taxpayers Associations Conference in 2004.
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| 2003 |
"Individual
Welfare Accounts and Flat Income Tax -- Lower Marginal Effects and
Increased
Economic Security"
Published in English and Russian for the World Taxpayers Conference 2003 in St.
Petersburg. Co-author Mr. Robert Gidehag, President of the Swedish Taxpayers Association.
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| 2000 |
"Comments
From a Taxpayer"
Some of Mr. Tarras-Wahlbergs 120 editorials
in the magazine "Common Sense" (Sunt
Förnuft) during his 16 years as publisher and president of the Swedish
Taxpayers Association, 1985-2000. |
| 2000 |
"White
Paper on the Property Tax and Its Consequences" (4
editions) |
| 1996 |
"Lower
taxes with Private Life Time Accounts"
Published by the Swedish Taxpayers Association. |
| 1983 |
"Deregulate
More! Costs and Effects of Regulation"
Published by the Swedish Employers Confederation, SAF. |
| 1981 |
"What
is the Price of Regulation?"
Published by Norstedts Publishing House. |
| 1980 |
"Regulated
to Death? Regulation of Business Enterprises in the 1970s -- Analysis
and
Effects"
Forward by the industrialist, CEO of ABB, Dr. Curt Nicolin. 241 p. |
| 1979 |
"Business
Lobbying in the US"
Report to the Swedish Institute for the grant given by the Swedish Bicentennial
Fund for the relations between Sweden and the USA. Published by the Swedish
Employers Confederation. |
| 1971 & 1972 |
"Coins
from the Beginning: A Book about Coins and Their History"
A popular book about the history of coins and the collecting of coins.
128 p. |
| 1968 |
"Will
Monarchy Survive?"
A book that argues for the Swedish monarchy.
135
p. |
Education
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MA at the University of Stockholm
Major: economics
and political science. Speaks Swedish, English, German, and French. Studies
in Russian and Chinese. |
Grants
| 2007 |
Highest award of honor from the Swedish Order of Carpenters (Timmermans-orden)
for the position as Keeper of the Coin Cabinet of the Swedish Order of
Carpenters from 1967 - 2007 |
| 2005 |
Honored
to be listed in WHO'S WHO INTERNATIONAL from 2005 (online edition,
www.internationalwhoswho.com) and from 2007
(print edition) |
| 2000 |
Awarded the Spanish "Order Hispanica de Carlos V" for
the education and service on taxes and legislation for numerous Swedes
that have moved to Spain (and France) |
| 1992 |
Awarded the Dr. Curt Nicolins "Positive Sweden Prize" for "the
unconventional work to inform the Swedish people about their taxes." |
| 1981 |
Award of honor from the Swedish Association of Free Enterprise |
| 1980 |
Grant from the foundation "The Law and the State" awarded
for the two books written about legislation |
| 1978 |
Grant from the Swedish Bicentennial Fund for studies in the US |
| 1967 |
Experiment Ambassador Scholarship Program in US during 10 weeks awarded
by the Experiment in International Living |
Visions
and Interests
| |
Mr.
Bjorn Tarras-Wahlberg's political vision and work has always been to
reduce the power of the politicians and give it back to the people.
He is
a multicultural person with many interests: Culture and languages,
politics and economics, numismatics and history, music
and dancing, fashion and beauty. He is energetic and hardworking,
kind, very sociable and interested in people, and as people say,
mostly gentle
and elegant |
Others
| |
Member
of a number of Boards, chairman of The Royal Coin Cabinet; Author
of numerous articles on taxes and politics; writer in Wall Street
Journal Europe, etc.
His ex-wife,
Mrs. Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, is Marshal of the Swedish Royal Court,
speech writer to H.M. the King of Sweden and Mentor to H.R.H. Crown
Princess Victoria. They have two daughters, Filippa, born in 1984
and Louisa, born in 1988.
Mr. Tarras-Wahlberg
has three homes, two in Sweden -- by the waterfront, at Strandvägen
7B in the very center of Stockholm and a summer
home right on the waterfront of the Baltic Sea at Dalarä,
the Long Island of Stockholm, 50 km south east of Stockholm --
and a flat in the Swiss ski resort Crans-Montana, which is in the
Rhon valley of
Vallais, the French speaking part of Switzerland, 180 km from Geneva,
260 km from Milan, 300 km from Zürich.
Mr. Tarras-Wahlberg has a Swedish passport and a Swiss registration/residence
due to his frequent traveling. |
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