Ernst Trygger
| Ernst Trygger | |
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| 19th Prime Minister of Sweden | |
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In office 19 April 1923 – 18 October 1924 (1 year, 182 days) |
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| Monarch | Gustaf V |
| Preceded by | Hjalmar Branting |
| Succeeded by | Hjalmar Branting |
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| Born |
27 October 1857 Skeppsholmen, |
| Died | 23 September 1943 (aged 85) |
| Political party |
National Party (Conservative) |
| Spouse(s) | Signe Söderström |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Ernst Trygger (27 October 1857 – 23 September 1943) was a Swedish jurist professor and conservative politician. He served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1923 to 1924. He also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1928 to 1930 in the government of Arvid Lindman. He was a member of the first chamber of the Swedish Riksdag from 1898 to 1937, and also leader of the conservatives in that chamber from 1913 to 1933.
Ernst Trygger was born on the island of Skeppsholmen in , the Swedish capital. His father was military officer Alfred Trygger. Young Ernst made an astonishing career at Uppsala University, where he became Professor of Law in 1889.
In 1891, Ernst Trygger married Signe Söderström, with whom he went on to have three children. In 1914 they had a large private villa built in Diplomatstaden, Stockholm, now home to the Swedish Bar Association.
After being elected into the first chamber of the Riksdag, Trygger gained a reputation as a good debater with deeply conservative values. He was a member of the committee of 1895-98 that was formed to revise the terms of the union with Norway. In 1909, Trygger became leader of a conservative group in the first chamber. When the rightist wings joined together in 1913 to form the National party of the first chamber, Trygger became the leader of a united rightist force in Swedish politics and as such he opposed the new influences of democracy and parliamentarism in the 1910s. His rival as conservative leader was Arvid Lindman, the main character in the more moderately conservative rightist party of the second chamber of the Parliament of Sweden.
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