Per Edvin Sköld

Per Edvin Sköld (25 May 1891 – 13 September 1972) was a Swedish Social Democratic 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.^[1]

Per Edvin Sköld
Minister for Finance
In office 1949–1955
Minister of Defence
In office 1938–1945
Personal details
Born	Per Edvin Sköld (1891-05-25)25 May 1891 Malmö, Sweden
Died	13 September 1972(1972-09-13) (aged 81) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swede
Political party	Social Democrats
Spouse	Edit Persson ​ ​ (m. 1918; died 1971)​
Alma mater	Lund University
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Sköld is the father of Margareta Biörnstad, Nils Sköld and Per Sköld.^[2]

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.^[3]