Ragnar Edenman

Ragnar Edenman (1914–1998) was a Swedish politician who was part of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and served as the minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs between 1957 and 1967 and as the governor of Uppsala County from 1967 to 1980. Johan Östling argues that Edenman was one of the Swedish generation of 1945 figures who adopted the rationalist cultural radicalism.[1]

Ragnar Edenman
Governor of Uppsala County
In office
1967–1980
Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
In office
1957–1967
Preceded byIvar Persson
Succeeded byOlof Palme
Personal details
Born1914
Died1998 (aged 83–84)
NationalitySwedish
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUppsala University
AwardsOrder of the Seraphim
1978

Early life and education

Edenman was born in 1914.[2] His Ph.D. is entitled Socialdemokratiska riksdagsgruppen, 1903-1920, en studie i den svenska Riksdagens partiväsen (Swedish: The Social Democratic parliamentary group 1903-1920: a study in the party system of the Swedish parliament) which he completed at Uppsala University in 1946.[3][4] It is one of the most comprehensive studies about the history of the parliament group of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the pre-1920 period.[5]

Career

Edenman was a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.[6] In 1946 he began to work at the Ministry of Education as a political advisor when Tage Erlander was the minister.[7] He also served as the undersecretary at the ministry between 1950 and 1956.[7][8]

He was appointed minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs in 1957 replacing Ivar Persson in the post.[9] His portfolio included educational and cultural policies.[6][10] Sweden's new cultural policy which was implemented in the 1970s had been developed by the ministry under the supervision of Edenman in May 1959.[10] For him cultural activities should be shaped by the state, not by the private sector.[10] It was Edenman who appointed Ingmar Bergman as the manager of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm in 1963.[11] He also encouraged Bergman to submit his film The Silence to the State Censorship Authority.[11]

In 1967 Edenman resigned from the post.[12] His successor as the minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs was Olof Palme.[9] Then he served as the governor of Uppsala County from 1967 to 1980.[13][14]

Death and awards

Edenman died in 1998.[13]

Edenman was the recipient of the Order of the Seraphim which was awarded to him in 1978.[15] In 1991 he was named as one of the 50 Honorary Fellows of Uppsala University.[13]

References
  1. Johan Östling (2016). Sweden after Nazism: Politics and Culture in the Wake of the Second World War. New York; London: Berghahn Books. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-78533-143-5.
  2. "Edenman, Ragnar, 1914-1998" (in Swedish). Libris. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. "Edenman, Ragnar". WorldCat. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. "Socialdemokratiska riksdagsgruppen 1903-1920" (in Swedish). Libris. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. Sarah Scott Thorelli (December 1950). "Political Science in Sweden". American Political Science Review. 44 (4): 986. doi:10.2307/1951298. JSTOR 1951298. S2CID 147431503.
  6. David Rynell Åhlén (2016). "Modern Art as Media Event: Early Swedish Television and the Communication of Art Appreciation, the Case of Multikonst (1967)". E-media Studies. 5 (1). doi:10.1349/PS1.1938-6060.A.457.
  7. Torsten Husén (1989). "The Swedish School Reform- exemplary both ways". Comparative Education. 25 (3): 345–355. doi:10.1080/0305006890250311. JSTOR 3099209.
  8. Leslie Derfler (2011). The Fall and Rise of Political Leaders: Olof Palme, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Indira Gandhi. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-230-11724-2.
  9. Olof Ruin (1982). "Sweden: external control, and internal participation - trends in Swedish higher education". In Hans Daalder; Edward Shils (eds.). Universities, Politicians and Bureaucrats: Europe and the United States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-521-23673-7.
  10. Tor Larsson; Per Svenson (Spring 2001). "Cultural Policy in Sweden". The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. 31 (1): 87. doi:10.1080/10632920109599580. S2CID 145644155.
  11. Erik Hedling (2021). "Return to the bourgeoisie. Fanny and Alexander in Swedish politics". In Erik Hedling (ed.). Ingmar Bergman. An Enduring Legacy. Lund: Lund University Press. p. 272. doi:10.7765/9789198557718.00024. ISBN 9789198557718. S2CID 239199870.
  12. "Skolreformatorn Ragnar Edenman". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  13. "50 Honorary Fellows". Uppsala University. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  14. "Del 8 – 1960-talet" (in Swedish). GBF. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  15. "Ragnar Edenman" (in Swedish). Kungahuset. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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