Ernst Wigforss

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Ernst Wigforss
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 (1881-01-24)24 January 1881 Halmstad, Sweden
Died	2 January 1977(1977-01-02) (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.