Axel Gjöres
Axel Gjöres | |
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Minister of Public Finances | |
In office 1941–1947 | |
Preceded by | Herman Eriksson |
Succeeded by | Gunnar Sträng |
Minister of Commerce | |
In office 1947–1948 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1889 Smedjebacken |
Died | 1979 (aged 89–90) Västerleds |
Nationality | Swedish |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Stockholm School of Economics |
Axel Gjöres (1889–1979) was a Swedish social democrat politician who served in different government posts.
Early life and education[]
Gjöres was born in Smedjebacken, Dalarna, 1889.[1] In 1905 he joined a social democratic youth club in his hometown.[1] He graduated from Brunnsvik Folk High School in 1909 and attended Stockholm School of Economics between 1917 and 1919.[2] He continued his studies in England.[2] There he studied the methods used in the cooperatives.[3]
Career[]
Gjöres began to work as a newspaper editor in 1918 which he held the until 1933.[2] In the period 1920–1931 he was also the editor of Kooperatören, a magazine published by the Swedish Cooperative Society.[2] He served as the chairman of the board in the Consumer Co-operative Union between 1926 and 1938.[4] From 1938 to 1941 he was acting director general of the Swedish Board of Trade.[2]
Gjöres was appointed minister of public finances in 1941, replacing Herman Eriksson in the post.[5] Gjöres' term ended in 1947, and he was replaced by Gunnar Sträng as minister.[6] Then Gjöres was appointed minister of commerce in 1947.[1] However he resigned from the post next year.[7]
Then Gjöres served as the director general of the Swedish Board of Trade in the period 1948–1954.[1] He was also a member of the Swedish parliament from 1943 to 1950.[1] Between 1945 and 1957 Gjöres was chairman of the Nordic Association.[1]
Death[]
Gjöres died in Västerleds in 1979.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Axel Gjöres – den förste efterkrigsordföranden". TAM Arkiv. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Biografisk notis / Gjöres, Axel" (in Swedish). KF. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Marquis W. Childs (1936). Sweden. The Middle Way. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 48. OCLC 287421.
- ^ Orsi Husz; et al. (2020). "The entrepreneur's dream. Credit card history between PR and academic research". In Johan Östling (ed.). Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia. Actors, Arenas, and Aspirations. London: Routledge. p. 142. ISBN 9780367894559.
- ^ Carl-Gustaf Scott (2002). "The Swedish Midsummer Crisis of 1941: The Crisis that Never Was". Journal of Contemporary History. 37 (3): 373. doi:10.1177/00220094020370030301.
- ^ Dankwart A. Rustow (1955). Politics of Compromise. A Study of Parties and Cabinet Government in Sweden. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 156.
- ^ Olof Ruin (1989). Tage Erlander: Serving the Welfare State, 1946-1969. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-8229-7667-7.
External links[]
- Media related to Axel Gjöres at Wikimedia Commons
- 20th-century Swedish politicians
- 20th-century Swedish writers
- 1889 births
- 1979 deaths
- Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats
- Swedish magazine editors
- Swedish Ministers for Finance
- Stockholm School of Economics alumni
- People from Smedjebacken Municipality
- Swedish economists
- Swedish newspaper editors
- Members of the upper house of the Riksdag