Arthur Engberg
Arthur Engberg | |
|---|---|
Engberg, c. 1937 | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 1917–1940 | |
| Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs | |
| In office 1932–1939 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jonas Arthur Engberg 11 January 1888 Hassela, Sweden |
| Died | 27 March 1944 (aged 56) Härnösand, Sweden |
| Party | Social Democratic |
| Spouse |
Lydia Carlsson (m. 1923) |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Signature | |
Jonas Arthur Engberg (sv ⓘ; (1 January 1888[1] – 27 March 1944[2]), was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He was a Member of the Riksdag 1917–1940, as well as minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs from September 1932 to June 1936, and from the autumn of 1936 until 1939.[3]
Engberg was accused of antisemitism due to a 1921 editorial where he stated Judaism's nature was to be parasitic:
"It resembles these mysterious plants that lack roots in the soil, but live on the juice and spirit of other plants. Judaism has been and is the mistletoe on the Indo-Aryan race. It needs a noble race as a source of nutrition, and it would be unfair to deny that it has a clear eye for the best and the most viable. Thus the Jewish race has become the greatest exploiter in history."[4]
In 1927, after moving to Stockholm, he stopped his anti-Jewish writings and later defended them and denounced Nazi Germany.[4]
References
- ^ Wahlbäck, Krister (1972). Regeringen och kriget: Ur statsrådens dagböcker 1939-41 (in Swedish). Prisma. p. 12. ISBN 978-91-518-0657-0. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ Wagnsson, Ruben (1969). Många järn i elden (in Swedish). Rabén & Sjögren. p. 229. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "J Arthur Engberg". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ a b Blomqvist, Håkan (8 August 2017). "Socialist patriotism, racism and antisemitism in the early Swedish labour movement". Patterns of Prejudice. 51 (3–4): 318–334. doi:10.1080/0031322X.2017.1355498. ISSN 0031-322X. Retrieved 8 November 2024.