Swedish temperance societies are of a wide variety.
12-1384: Ekman is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945), Swedish politician Carl Daniel Ekman (1845–1904), Swedish chemical engineer Erik Leonard Ekman (1883–1931), Swedish botanist Fam Ekman (born 1946), Swedish-Norwegian children's writer and illustrator Gösta Ekman (junior) (1939–2017), Swedish actor Gösta Ekman (senior) (1890–1938) Swedish actor Hasse Ekman (1915–2004), Swedish film director and actor Hedda Ekman (1860–1929), Swedish writer and photographer Ida Ekman (1875–1942), Finnish soprano Kajsa Ekis Ekman , (born 1980), Swedish journalist and writer Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), Swedish novelist Nils Ekman (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player Paul Ekman (born 1934), American psychologist Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1808–1873), Finnish painter Sheldon V. Ekman (1920–1982), United States Tax Court judge Sven P. Ekman (1876–1964), Swedish zoologist Ulf Ekman (born 1950), Swedish clergyman Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874–1954), Swedish oceanographer See also [ edit ] Ekman layer Ekman spiral Ekman current meter Ekman transport Ekman number Ekman water bottle Eckman (disambiguation) Eckmann ,
24-462: A clear majority in the Riksdag. After Sandler's fall from power in 1926, Ekman became Prime Minister for the first time. He was able to play the right off against the left by appealing to both and by doing so he became more successful than expected. He resolved an old debate on local taxes with a law on proportional taxation, which is still in effect to this day. He also concluded a sweeping reform of
36-656: A debate began after the Kreuger Crash about political contributions from Ivar Kreuger which Ekman had personally accepted on behalf of his party. At first Ekman denied having received any such money, but in the end the public debate forced him to resign from office a month before the Riksdag election of 1932 , which resulted in a great defeat for the Freeminded People's Party. Ekman never returned to politics. Less than two years after his resignation, his party
48-481: A seat representing the city in the Riksdag. Ekman became the most influential and controversial politician of the 1920s. Among Social Democrats he was regarded as a " class traitor ", having come from a working-class background, but having become a member of a non-socialist party. He was in fact behind the downfall of several Social Democrat governments: Hjalmar Branting 's in 1923, Rickard Sandler 's in 1926, but also that of Arvid Lindman in 1930. In 1924 Ekman became
60-512: A surname [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Ekman . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ekman&oldid=1108083332 " Categories : Surnames Swedish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
72-491: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Carl Gustaf Ekman Carl Gustaf Ekman (6 October 1872 – 15 June 1945) was a Swedish politician . He was a Member of Parliament from 1911 to 1932 (serving in both lower and upper houses), leader of the Freeminded People's Party between 1924 and 1932, and served as Prime Minister from 1926 to 1928 and again from 1930 to 1932. Carl Gustaf Ekman
84-672: The industrial town of Eskilstuna . In 1908 he was appointed as chief editor of the liberal newspaper Eskiltuna-Kuriren . His attempt to be elected to the Riksdag failed because of the domination of the Social Democrats in Eskiltuna, but in 1911 the Liberal Party gave him a seat in the upper house for the county of Gävleborg . He quickly established himself as the country's leading proponent of total prohibition of alcohol. In 1913 he moved to Stockholm , and quickly won
96-438: The leader of the newly formed Freeminded People's Party ( Frisinnade folkpartiet ), after those Liberals opposed to prohibition had departed to form the Liberal Party of Sweden . As party leader he worked to strengthen the party's influence by cooperating with both the right and left. His strategy for power was based on controlling the political center in order to 'control the game', this being predicated upon no one bloc having
108-462: The scandal leading to his resignation; this does not do justice to his result-oriented policies during an anxious period when no lasting political majority could be formed. He died in Stockholm on 15 June 1945. He was married to Laura Ekman ( née Widlund), with whom he had four children. Swedish temperance movements In 1933 these included: Sweden's first central temperance society
120-774: The school system. In the 1928 elections the conservative General Electoral League won, and he was forced to give up power to Arvid Lindman. Ekman returned as Prime Minister in 1930, when he and Per Albin Hansson defeated the government's proposal to raise tariffs on grain. His second period as Prime Minister was difficult; the international depression that had begun after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 reached Sweden, affecting both industry and agriculture. Ekman's traditional attitude of thriftiness made it difficult for him to accept economic-stimulation programs that would involve heavy public spending. In addition to this,
132-562: Was also gone; it merged with the Liberal Party to form the Liberal People's Party ( Folkpartiet liberalerna ). Not even his enemies thought that he had actually taken money for himself; nevertheless his conflicting statements on the matter enabled others to cast suspicion on him, so that a formidable political opponent could be removed. Ekman's legacy has been colored to a great extent by his political maneuvering as well as by
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#1732772928590144-672: Was born in Munktorp (now Köping Municipality ) in Västmanland County , to farmer and soldier Carl Ekman and Josefina Säfström. He began working at the age of twelve as a farmhand, read everything he could get his hands on, and was entrusted with duties inside the temperance movement , where he became a functionary. He was promoted to director of the Friends of the Temperance Movement's disability and burial fund in
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