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

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, Nils Sköld 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) - T ...

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Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Ministers of finance of Sweden Ministers for defence of Sweden 1891 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Swedish politicians Politicians from Malmö {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub