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Herman Zetterberg

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Herman Zetterberg
Minister of Justice
In office
31 July 1945 – 30 September 1957
Prime Minister
Preceded byThorwald Bergquist
Succeeded byIngvar Lindell
Personal details
Born(1904-07-01)1 July 1904
Uddevalla, Sweden
Died18 March 1963(1963-03-18) (aged 58)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUppsala University

Herman Zetterberg (1 July 1904 – 18 March 1963) was a Swedish jurist and politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as justice minister for twelve years between July 1945 and September 1957.

Early life and education

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Zetterberg was born on 1 July 1904 in Uddevalla.[1] His parents were the court of appeal councilor Hugo Zetterberg and Alma Rehnberg.[2]

He graduated with a law degree from Uppsala University in 1928.[2]

Career

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Zetterberg was an appellate court counsel in 1942 and served as a member of the law committee 1944–1947.[2] On 31 July 1945, he was appointed justice minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson.[2] He held this post until 30 September 1957.[2] During his tenure Zetterberg took an anti-Soviet approach.[3] From 1957 to his death in 1963, he was president of the Svea Court of Appeal.[2]

Personal life and death

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Zetterberg married twice. His first wife, Kitty Rippe, died of cancer in 1955.[1] He remarried in 1959 to Ulrica Lyttkens, who died in January 1963.[1] Zetterberg died on 18 March 1963.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Historia" (in Swedish). Herman Zetterberg Stiftelsen. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Gösta Walin. "Dödsfall" (in Swedish). SvJT. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. ^ Johan Matz (2015). "Sweden, the USSR and the early Cold War 1944–47". Cold War History. 15 (1): 44. doi:10.1080/14682745.2014.920825. S2CID 154258840.
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