Editing Ingvar Carlsson (section)

==Personal life==
On 10 July 1957<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92bJlWbPeKMC&q=ingvar+carlsson+10+July+1957 | title=Who's who in the World | isbn=978-0-8379-1110-6 | author1=Marquis | date=13 February 1990 | publisher=Marquis Who's Who }}</ref> Carlsson married librarian Ingrid Melander (born 9 April 1934<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merinfo.se/person/Tyres%C3%B6/Ingrid-Margareta-Carlsson-1934/bij5l-d2kh|title=Ingrid Margareta Carlsson (Tyresö, 89 år)|website=Merinfo.se|accessdate=3 March 2024}}</ref>), daughter of the wholesaler Sven H. Melander and Gerda Melander (née Eriksson).<ref name="Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 201"/> They have two daughters and three grandchildren.<ref name=Vi25/> Twelve years prior to 2024, Ingrid was diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]], and by 2024 Carlsson had her placed in a nursing home in [[Tyresö Municipality|Tyresö]], which he visits three times a week.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lagerström|first=Ola|title=Efter 67 år – Ingvar Carlsson tvingas leva ifrån sin älskade Ingrid: "Det är plågsamt"|date=18 July 2024|newspaper=Hänt|language=sv|url=https://www.hant.se/livshistorier/fore-detta-statsministern-ingvar-carlssons-saknad-efter-frun-ingrid/10348471|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> As of 2023, he lives in an apartment in the same municipality.<ref name=Vi25/>

Ingvar Carlsson is a big supporter of football teams [[IF Elfsborg]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2024&artikel=3421833 |newspaper=[[Sveriges Radio]] |title=Ingvar Carlsson på besök |trans-title=Ingvar Carlsson to visit |date=5 February 2010 |access-date=10 June 2015 |language=sv}}</ref>