Thorwald Bergquist

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Thorwald Bergquist

Thorwald Bergquist (1899–1972) was a Swedish politician who held various cabinet and political posts. He was a member of the People's Party.

Biography[]

Bergquist was born Nävelsjö, Jönköping County, on 1 December 1899.[1][2] He held a degree in law.[2]

After working at courts in 1931 Bergquist became the secretary of the second team committee at the Riksdag.[2] He was the mayor of Västerås in the period 1933–1939 and director general of the national board of health and welfare between 1939 and 1946.[2] In 1936 he served as the minister of state and minister of justice.[2] In the period 1939–1943 he was the consultative minister.[2]

Bergquist was a member of the People's Party[3] and represented party in the second chamber of the Riksdag in the period 1937–1942 and in the first chamber from 1943 to 1947.[2] He was appointed minister of justice for the second term to the cabinet led by the Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson[3] and remained in the office until July 1945.[2] He died on 3 December 1972.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Johan Östling (2016). Sweden after Nazism: Politics and Culture in the Wake of the Second World War. New York; London: Berghahn Books. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-78533-143-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Tage Evers (1973). "Thorwald Bergquist †". SvJT (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b Markus Sjölén Gustafsson (December 2020). "Fully Acceptable" Policies on Homosexuality in the Swedish Parliament between 1933-2010 (PDF) (MA thesis). Uppsala University. p. 25.

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