Jan-Magnus Jansson was a Finnish politician (Swedish People's Party).

Jansson was a Professor of general state science at the University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki

The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...

 1954–74 and chancellor

Chancellor

Chancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...

 for the Åbo Akademi University 1985 to 1991. He was the chairman of the Swedish People's Party (SPP) 1966 to 1973 and a Minister of Trade and Industry in Kalevi Sorsa

Kalevi Sorsa

Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1983 and 1983–1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister...

's first government (1 January 1973 - 30 September 1974). Jansson was his party's presidential candidate in the elections of 1982 and received 11 electoral votes.

Jansson was also the editorial chief of Hufvudstadsbladet

Hufvudstadsbladet

Hufvudstadsbladet is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters are located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "The Capital City Newspaper", hufvudstad being 19th century Swedish for capital...

from 1974 to 1987.

Jansson has also written several books, for instance about the Finnish Constitution

Constitution of Finland

The Constitution of Finland is the supreme source of national law of Finland. It defines the basis, structures and organisation of government, the relationship between the different constitutional organs, and lays out the fundamental rights of Finnish citizens...

and some poetry works.