- Felix Hamrin
infobox Prime Minister
name=Felix Hamrin
order=22ndPrime Minister of Sweden
term_start =August 6 1932
term_end =September 24 1932
predecessor =Carl Gustaf Ekman
successor =Per Albin Hansson
birth_date =birth date|1875|1|14|mf=y
birth_place =
death_date =death date and age|1937|11|27|1875|1|14|mf=y
death_place =
party=Freeminded People's Party
spouse=Felix Teodor Hamrin (
14 January 1875 –27 November 1937 ) was aSwedish politician . He was the leader of the liberal Freeminded People's Party and served as Prime Minister ofSweden from6 August to24 September 1932 .Hamrin was born in
Mönsterås inKalmar 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
Gothenburg , he ran a wholesaling business inJönköping from 1903 to 1930. He entered theRiksdag at the young age of 37, and underCarl Gustaf Ekman he served as Minister of Trade from 1926 to 1928 and asMinister of Finance from 1930 to 1932. When Ekman was forced to resign shortly before the elections in 1932 due to the Kreuger crash, Hamrin becameprime 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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