Bo Lundgren presses officials in emails – Aftonbladet

Retired head of the National Pensions Board, Bo Lundgren gets over 14 000 too much in pension each month.

Now, emails Dagens Nyheter noted that Bo Lundgren presses Administration officials interpreting the rules to his advantage.

the National pensions board (SPV) were wrong to put the 68-year-old Bo Lundgren’s pension to almost 50 000 in month. But even though the error was discovered in 2014, the SPV does not change the decision. Moderates former party leader must therefore 14 400 crowns more than he is entitled to, every month, writes DN.

The email presses SPV’s former chairman Bo Lundgren officials continue to interpret the rules to favor him. He would be entitled to full pension. But Lundgren worked a few years at the Swedish National Debt Office between party leaders assignment and retirement.

Earlier, Bo Lundgren told Dagens Nyheter that he had not tried to influence the decision which gave him a high pension. But new data shows that this is not true.

While Bo Lundgren was still chairman of the SPV’s board emailed him several times officer who decided on Lundgren’s pension.

DN has been through e-mails, from March 2011.

Lundgren persist in these that he is entitled to full pension: “ confidence in the mission to be a minister [...] be of course, considered a government service in connection with the calculation of, inter alia, service for the state pension “

When the officer disagrees and explains the rules respond Lundgren:

” Unfortunately, I do not understand what the answer means – I assume that there notice I received earlier by the SPV and Fidep apply. That is my state seniority is 29 years old + time as Director General. “

For Aftonbladet says Bo Lundgren that he had heard that the SPV discussed the conditions for his retirement, and therefore he got in to the administrator . He does not agree that he gets the wrong board.

– The only comment I have is that before I took office, I had examined the conditions of remuneration and pensions before I took the mission at the SPV, as most of them had done.

After sitting in parliament since 1976, Bo Lundgren job at the National Debt Office in 2004. he was then, he said, promised to get the full service pension.

– the ratio of workers and employers must to assume that the answer you get is what counts. I have received a reply and the state must stand for, says Bo Lundgren.

Bo Lundgren said that he had made other dispositions of its economy if he received the news of lower pensions in 2004. Then he may have seen himself if for assignments other than the National Debt Office or directorship in the SPV.

– I was offered an interesting job during the financial crisis of 2009 that I turned down, says Bo Lundgren.

Bo Lundgren does not think there is no reason to reconsider the decision on his retirement after the fact, with the new information on how the rules should be interpreted.

– one can not reasonably reconsider a ruling that you gave someone before a anställan. Agreements must be kept.

What was the job you turned down the 2009?

– I can not answer. But it was very well paid, says Bo Lundgren.