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Per Edvin Sköld

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Per Edvin Sköld
Minister for Finance
In office
1949–1955
Minister of Defence
In office
1938–1945
Personal details
Born
Per Edvin Sköld

(1891-05-25)25 May 1891
Malmö, Sweden
Died13 September 1972(1972-09-13) (aged 81)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwede
Political partySocial Democrats
Spouse
Edit Persson
(m. 1918; died 1971)
Alma materLund University
Signature

Per Edvin Sköld (25 May 1891 – 13 September 1972) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. As a Minister for Agriculture during the 1930s crisis, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister for Defence during the war and Minister for Finance he was known as the Social Democratic Party's trouble-shooter.[1]

Sköld is the father of Margareta Biörnstad, Nils Sköld and Per Sköld.[2]

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In the Swedish television movie, Four Days that shook Sweden – The Midsummer Crisis 1941, from 1988, he is played by Swedish actor Carl Billquist.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Jonasson, Gustaf (2003–2006). "Per Edvin Sköld". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 32. Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden. p. 524. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ *Davidsson, Åke, ed. (1968). Vem är vem, Norrland supplement register (2 ed.). Stockholm: Bokförlaget vem är vem AB. pp. 371+522.
  3. ^ "Fyra dagar som skakade Sverige". www.oppetarkiv.se. Sveriges Television. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Defence
1938–1945
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Finance
1949–1955
Succeeded by