Per Edvin Sköld Explained

Office:	Minister for Finance
Term Start:	1949
Term End:	1955
Office1:	Minister of Defence
Term Start1:	1938
Term End1:	1945

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]

In popular culture

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]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Jonasson . Gustaf. Per Edvin Sköld. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. 2003–2006. National Archives of Sweden. Stockholm . Swedish. 32. 524. 29 March 2016.
2. • Book: Davidsson. Åke. Vem är vem, Norrland supplement register. 1968. Bokförlaget vem är vem AB. Stockholm. 371+522. 2.
3. Web site: Fyra dagar som skakade Sverige. www.oppetarkiv.se. Sveriges Television. 31 March 2016.