Felix Hamrin
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Felix Hamrin | |
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Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 7 June 1926 – 2 October 1928 | |
| Prime Minister | Carl Gustaf Ekman |
| Preceded by | Carl Svensson |
| Succeeded by | Vilhelm Lundvik |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Felix Teodor Hamrin 14 January 1875 Freeminded People's |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Pennycock |
| Children | 7 |
Felix Teodor Hamrin (14 January 1875 – 27 November 1937) was a
Freeminded People's Party and served as Prime Minister of Sweden from August to September 1932.[1]
Hamrin was born in Mönsterås in Kalmar County. His father was a dealer in leather. He married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Pennycock in 1900. They had seven children.
After studying at a business school in
Minister of Finance from 1930 to 1932. When Ekman was forced to resign shortly before the elections in 1932 due to the Kreuger crash, Hamrin became prime minister
. He resigned after the election because the Freeminded People's Party had suffered serious losses in the election. His term of office was only 50 days, giving him the record for serving the shortest amount of time as prime minister of Sweden.
He served briefly as party leader for the Freeminded People's Party after Ekman, and in the newly formed
People's Party until a new party leader was chosen in January 1935. He also served as the governor of Jönköping County from 1930 to 1937. His most important political tasks were to fight the economic effects of the early years of the Depression
in Sweden through severe economy measures, and to mitigate the effects of the Kreuger crash.
He died in Jönköping on 27 November 1937.
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