Carl Swartz

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Carl Swartz
Gustaf V
Preceded by	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Succeeded by	Nils Edén
Minister of Finance
In office 29 May 1906 – 7 October 1911
Prime Minister	Arvid Lindman
Preceded by	Elof Biesèrt
Succeeded by	Theodor Adelswärd
Personal details
Born	Carl Johan Gustaf Swartz (1858-06-05)5 June 1858 Norrköping, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died	6 November 1926(1926-11-06) (aged 68) Stockholm, Sweden
Political party	National
Spouse	Dagmar Lundström
Alma mater	Uppsala University, University of Bonn

Carl Johan Gustaf Swartz (5 June 1858 – 6 November 1926) was a Swedish

from 1906 to 1911. He married Dagmar Lundström in 1886, with whom he had three children, Erik, Brita and Olof.

Life and career

Carl Swartz was born on 5 June 1858 in

between 1912 and 1917. In 1917, he became the national university chancellor.

As

lower chamber, Swartz became a member of the inner council of the newly formed Nationella Partiet (English: The National Party) in 1912.

World War I

During

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Swartz was generally considered as a moderate and reasonable conservative, in the style of an old-fashioned and thoughtful mill-owner. He forbade private

assurance that they would be responsible for maintaining order. Without this political concession, the confrontations could have escalated during the month of May and resulted in a domestic political crisis.

Discontent stemmed mainly from the fact that the people were living on the brink of starvation. Hunger riots, rather than the political demand for voting rights, lay behind the demonstrations. The situation calmed with the beginning of the potato harvest in early summer. Swartz also quickly concluded negotiations with the Triple Entente powers, principally Great Britain, on imports from the west, which Hammarskjöld had prevented.

The Social Democrats used the hunger riots to put pressure on the

- should choose the government.

Gustav V attempted for a long time to avoid a breakthrough for parliamentarianism, but his wish to allow Swartz to continue, despite the left-wing parties' success in the 1917 election was undermined by the involvement of Swartz's son in a black marketeering scandal, a violation of existing rationing.

Reputation, legacy and death

Carl Swartz was also an eminent municipal figure and a generous philanthropist. In 1912, he donated Villa Swartz to the town of Norrköping, as accommodation for a library and museum. He died in Stockholm on 6 November 1926.

References

Preceded by Elof Biesèrt	Swedish Minister for Finance 1906 – 1911	Succeeded by Theodor Adelswärd
Preceded by Hjalmar Hammarskjöld	Prime Minister of Sweden March – October 1917	Succeeded by Nils Edén