Ernst Wigforss

Ernst Wigforss
Minister of Finance
In office
28 September 1936 – 30 June 1949
Prime MinisterPer Albin Hansson
Tage Erlander
Preceded byVilmar Ljungdahl
Succeeded byDavid Hall
In office
24 September 1932 – 19 June 1936
Prime MinisterPer Albin Hansson
Preceded byFelix Hamrin
Succeeded byVilmar Ljungdahl
In office
8 May 1925 – 7 June 1926
Prime MinisterRickard Sandler
Preceded byFredrik Vilhelm Thorsson
Succeeded byCarl Gustaf Ekman
Personal details
Born
Ernst Johannes Wigforss

(1881-01-24)24 January 1881
Halmstad, Sweden
Died2 January 1977(1977-01-02) (aged 95)
Båstad, Sweden
Political partySocial Democratic
OccupationDocent

Ernst Johannes Wigforss (24 January 1881–2 January 1977) was a Swedish politician and linguist (dialectologist), mostly known as a prominent member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party and Swedish Minister of Finance. Wigforss became one of the main theoreticians in the development of the Swedish Social Democratic movement's revision of Marxism, from a revolutionary to a reformist organization. He was inspired and stood ideologically close to the ideas of the Fabian Society and guild socialism and inspired by people like R. H. Tawney, L.T. Hobhouse and J. A. Hobson. He made contributions in his early writings about industrial democracy and workers' self-management.