Anders Björck belong to the so-called "Bunker gang", a group of politicians and advisors forming the inner circle around party leader Carl Bildt. Between 2003 and 2009, Björck was Governor of Uppsala County. Anders Björck has continued to speak up on political issues from time to time. He remains rather Conservative, compared to other Moderates, and has on numerous occasions spoken up against what he perceives as the growing influence of liberalism in the Moderate Party. Anders Björck "Anders" Per-Arne Björck (born 19 September 1944) is a Swedish politician who was Minister for Defence from 1991 to 1994 and Governor of Uppsala
Introduction to the metric system volt and farad in honour of Georg Ohm, Alessandro Volta and Michael Faraday respectively. This proposal had the support of William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) who had been instrumental in forming the Committee of Electrical Standards of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The use of scientists' names for such units was subsequently extended to other units, including the watt named after James Watt and the degree Celsius named after Anders Celsius. Historically, individual units evolved which were based on the size and context of what was being measured. These units could avoid the need to use large numbers