Gösta Bagge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gösta Bagge

Swedish politician

Date of Birth: 27-May-1882

Place of Birth: Högalid Parish, Sweden

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1951

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Gösta Adolfsson Bagge (27 May 1882 – 3 January 1951) was a Swedish professor of economics and a conservative politician. Born in Stockholm, Gösta Bagge was named leader of the National Organization of the Right after the sudden retirement of Arvid Lindman in 1935.
He remained its leader until 1944.
He was a social conservative politician within the rightist party, but had a liberal view of economics.
He was a harsh critic of the economic policies of the social democratic finance minister Ernst Wigforss.
Bagge was also minister of ecclesiastical affairs (Minister of education, science, culture, sports and church) in the coalition government from 1939 to 1944. In government he was the leading supporter of Finland's fight for survival against the Soviet Union and wanted to give aid to the Nordic neighbor country.
He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1933.He died on 3 January 1951 in Högalid, Stockholm.