Rickard Sandler

He represented several constituencies in the Riksdag across more than five decades from 1912 until his death in 1964, making him the longest-serving Member of Parliament in Swedish history.

Rickard Sandler studied at Uppsala University. The recorded working language is Swedish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Stockholm. Employment is recorded with University of Gothenburg. Positions recorded include member of the First Chamber and Prime Minister of Sweden.

• Name — Rickard Sandler • Office — Prime Minister of Sweden • Term Start — 24 January 1925 • Term End — 7 June 1926 • Monarch — Gustaf V • Predecessor — Hjalmar Branting • Successor — Carl Gustaf Ekman • Office2 — Minister for Foreign Affairs • Prime Minister2 — Per-Albin Hansson • Term Start2 — 28 September 1936 • Term End2 — 13 December 1939 • Predecessor2 — Karl Gustaf Westman • Successor2 — Christian Günther • Term Start3 — 24 September 1932 • Term End3 — 19 June 1936 • Prime Minister3 — Per-Albin Hansson • Predecessor3 — Fredrik Ramel • Successor3 — Karl Gustaf Westman • Office4 — Minister of Finance • Prime Minister4 — Hjalmar Branting • Term Start4 — 30 June 1920 • Term End4 — 27 October 1920 • Predecessor4 — Fredrik Thorsson • Successor4 — Henric Tamm • Office5 — Minister of Commerce and Industry • Term Start5 — 14 October 1924 • Term End5 — 24 January 1925 • Prime Minister5 — Ernst Trygger Hjalmar Branting • Predecessor5 — Frederik Thorsson • Successor5 — Henric Tamm • Born — 29 January 1884 • Birthplace — Torsåker, Sweden • Died — 12 November 1964 • Place of death — Stockholm, Sweden • Party — Social Democratic • Alma Mater — Uppsala University • Honorific Prefix — His Excellency • Birth Name — Rickard Johannes Sandler • Children — 3

Rickard Sandler was born in Torsåker parish (now Kramfors Municipality), Västernorrland County. His father Johan Sandler was a headmaster at a folk high school and later a Member of Parliament. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Uppsala University, Rickard Sandler became a teacher at a folk high school in Kramfors (where his father was headmaster) and another in Brunnsvik. After joining the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League, Sandler's political career took off. He received a Licentiate of Arts degree in 1911 at the age of 26, after which he became a member of the board of the Social Democratic Party, and would remain a member until 1952. In 1917 he became editor-in-chief for Ny Tid, a social democratic newspaper in Gothenburg.

In 1918, during the government of Nils Edén, Sandler became State Secretary for Minister for Finance, Fredrik Thorsson. He continued in the same capacity when Hjalmar Branting became head of government in 1920. When Thorsson went on to head the new Ministry of Commerce and Industry later that same year, Sandler briefly took his place as Minister of Finance from July to October 1920. Following the first democratic Swedish election in 1921, Sandler became a minister without portfolio until 1923. In 1924, in Branting’s third cabinet, he was offered the position of Minister for Foreign Trade. Sandler only accepted the role following some persuasion, as he had instead intended to take up a job as headmaster of a folk high school in Brunnsvik.

When Branting resigned in early 1925 due to an illness he never recovered from, the most apparent successor was Minister for Finance, Fredrik Thorsson. However, Thorsson also fell ill and died later that spring. This resulted in the 41-year-old Sandler being appointed head of government. As Prime Minister, Sandler was tasked with reducing military expenditure, as had been promised during the election campaign. He was supported by the Free-minded People's Party in what became the largest disarmament in Sweden. Following disarmament, the issue of unemployment came into focus when the government annulled a decision by the Unemployment Commission (arbetslöshetskommissionen) to deny payment to workers at the Stripa mine who were on strike. The liberal and conservative parties, who together held the majority of seats in the Riksdag, disagreed with the government, called for a vote of no confidence, and brought down the government. The 1928 elections resulted in Arvid Lindman, leader of the General Electoral League, becoming the prime minister once again.

• Illustration — Rickard Sandler on his way to meet King George VI in London in 1937. His wife Maria (Maja) Sandler on the left. Sandler returned to the government in 1932 as Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 1939, Sandler left the government following a disagreement with the Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson about the Winter War. Sandler wanted Sweden to actively help Finland after the Soviet Union had attacked it on 30 November 1939. Now a deputy, Sandler continued to be influential in Swedish foreign policy. In 1940, he became a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs (utrikesutskottet), and was its chairman from 1946 to 1964. He was also a United Nations Delegate from 1947 to 1960.

Sandler was governor of Gävleborg County 1941 to 1952. He was chairman of several governmental inquiries, including the Socialization Committee (1920–1936), a commission appointed to audit the Swedish refugee policy during World War II, known as the Sandler Commission (1945–1947), and the Commission on the Constitution (1954 – 1963). Sandler was one of the founders of The Workers' Enlightenment League (Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund ABF) in 1912. He was the main writer of the Marxist-oriented party program of the Social Democratic Party in 1920. He published the widely circulated statistical outline of social classes "The society as it is" (1911). From 1926 and 1932, he was director of Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). Sandler translated Das Kapital by Karl Marx into Swedish, and in 1943 he authored a book on literary and historic secret writings called Cipher.

The authorities additionally record the headings Richard Sandler and Rickard Johannes Sandler. His recorded language was Swedish. He was the child of Johan Sandler. He married Maja Sandler.

He was employed by University of Gothenburg. Recorded positions include member of the First Chamber, Prime Minister of Sweden, member of the Second Chamber, governor of Gävleborg County and Sweden's Minister for Finance. He belonged to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He worked at Stockholm.

Rickard Sandler is recorded with the occupation school teacher in the Swedish school system. Recorded as school teacher in the swedish school system, politician, writer and translator.