Ernst Wigforss Politician

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.

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Ernst Wigforss
Birth dateJanuary 21, 1881
Birth place
Sweden , Halmstad
Date of deathJanuary 02, 1977
Place of death
Sweden , Båstad Municipality

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party
Swedish Social Democratic Party
successor
David Hall (Swedish politician)
Vilmar Ljungdahl

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