Ernst Trygger

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Ernst Trygger

Ernst Trygger (born October 27, 1857 in Stockholm-Skeppsholmen , † September 23, 1943 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish legal scholar , politician and Prime Minister of Sweden (Sveriges State Minister) .

Studies and professional career

The son of an officer graduated from Uppsala University with a law degree . After completing his studies and his doctorate , he was appointed professor of law at Uppsala University in 1889. In this capacity he was a member of a commission to review the foundations of the union with Norway between 1895 and 1898 . From 1905 to 1907 he was a judge at Högsta domstolen .

Political career

MEP and Conservative group leader

Trygger began his political career in 1898 with the election to the First Chamber (Första kammaren) of the Reichstag , where he represented the interests of the National Party (Nationella partiet) , a forerunner of today's Moderate Collection Party, until 1937 . As a member of parliament, he soon earned a reputation as a good speaker with deeply conservative values.

In 1909 he was first chairman of the conservative faction in the First Chamber and after it was merged with other right-wing parties to form the National Party of the First Chamber from 1913 to 1933 he was also the parliamentary group chairman. During this time he was not only an opponent of the new currents for the expansion of democracy and parliamentarism through the introduction of universal suffrage , but also a political rival of the parliamentary group leader of the moderate rallying party Allmänna Valmansförbundet (General Electoral Union) in the Second Chamber (Andra kammaren), Arvid Lindman . Nonetheless, he later accepted the universal suffrage introduced in 1921 and the resulting change in the political landscape.

During the so-called court crisis ( Borggårdskrisen ) before the First World War , he was secret advisor to King Gustav V.

Prime Minister from 1923 to 1924

After the resignation of the government of the Social Democratic Labor Party of Prime Minister Karl Hjalmar Branting on April 29, 1923, he was appointed by King Gustav V to succeed him as Prime Minister of Sweden (Sveriges State Minister) of a minority government.

The main problems during his reign were on the one hand the defense issue and on the other hand the refugee issue due to the First World War. His policy, which tried to gain broad acceptance, ultimately failed because of the lack of support from the parliamentary groups of the Social Democratic Labor Party and the Liberal Party.

A cabinet crisis erupted in the fall of 1923 after Foreign Minister Carl Hederstierna promised Swedish support for Finland during a speech given by Soviet journalists in the event of a conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland . This stance seriously damaged relations with the Soviet Union and broke off negotiations on a planned trade agreement. In particular, however, they saw a threat to the Swedish policy of neutrality . On November 11, 1923, Hederstierna was replaced as Foreign Minister by Erik Marks von Württemberg.

Although the Reichstag elections of 1924 brought a strengthening of the conservative parties, Branting, as chairman of the largest parliamentary group in the Reichstag, was tasked with forming a new government on October 19, 1924. Another reason for his government mandate was probably the more possible solution of the defense question due to the support of the liberal parties.

Later offices

Arvid Lindman (left) in the courtyard of the Stockholm Palace after swearing in his 2nd cabinet with Ministers Ernst Trygger ( outside ), Claes Lindskog (education) and Sven Lübeck (health and social affairs) in 1928.

Trygger was foreign minister in the cabinet of his old political rival Arvid Lindman from October 1928 to June 1930 .

Following this, he largely withdrew from political life and again took over his professorship for law at Uppsala University.

Trygger was accepted as an honorary member in the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies in 1922 and in 1925 in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . He received numerous awards, including the Order of the Seraphine and the Order of the North Star (Commander 1st Class).

literature

Web links

Commons : Ernst Trygger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Ernst Trygger  - Quotes (Swedish)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matriculation entry
personal data
SURNAME Trygger, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish politician, member of the Riksdag and Prime Minister (1923–1924)
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Skeppsholmen
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1943
Place of death Stockholm