Axel Gjöres

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Axel Gjöres
Axel Gjöres 1889.JPG
Minister of Public Finances
In office
1941–1947
Preceded byHerman Eriksson
Succeeded byGunnar Sträng
Minister of Commerce
In office
1947–1948
Personal details
Born1889
Smedjebacken
Died1979 (aged 89–90)
Västerleds
NationalitySwedish
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materStockholm 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[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Axel Gjöres – den förste efterkrigsordföranden". TAM Arkiv. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Biografisk notis / Gjöres, Axel" (in Swedish). KF. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ Marquis W. Childs (1936). Sweden. The Middle Way. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 48. OCLC 287421.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Dankwart A. Rustow (1955). Politics of Compromise. A Study of Parties and Cabinet Government in Sweden. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 156.
  7. ^ 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.

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