Per Edvin Sköld (25 May 1891 – 13 September 1972) was a Swedish

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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. Sköld is the father of

Margareta Biörnstad Margareta Biörnstad (23May 1928 – 1November 2019), was a Swedish archaeologist. She was Sweden's first female National Antiquarian () from 1987 to 1993. Personal life Biörnstad, born Sköld in Stockholm, was the daughter of former Swedis ...

Nils Sköld Lieutenant General Nils Gunnar Sköld (23May 192117March 1996) was a Swedish Army officer. He served as Commanding General of the Eastern Military District and Commandant General in Stockholm from 1974 to 1976 and as Chief of the Army from ...

and Per Sköld.

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 Carl Folke Billquist (19 May 1933 – 24 May 1993) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 60 films and television shows between 1961 and 1993. Partial filmography * ''Lyckodrömmen'' (1963) - Fabian Widefjäll * ''All These Women'' (1964) - Th ...

References

Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Swedish Ministers for Finance Swedish Ministers for Defence 1891 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Swedish politicians {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub