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Ernst Wigforss | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 28 September 1936 – 30 June 1949 | |
| Prime Minister | Per Albin Hansson Tage Erlander |
| Preceded by | Vilmar Ljungdahl |
| Succeeded by | David Hall |
| In office 24 September 1932 – 19 June 1936 | |
| Prime Minister | Per Albin Hansson |
| Preceded by | Felix Hamrin |
| Succeeded by | Vilmar Ljungdahl |
| In office 8 May 1925 – 7 June 1926 | |
| Prime Minister | Rickard Sandler |
| Preceded by | Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson |
| Succeeded by | Carl Gustaf Ekman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ernst Johannes Wigforss 24 January 1881 Halmstad, Sweden |
| Died | 2 January 1977 (aged 95) Båstad, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democratic |
| Occupation | Docent |
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.