Ivar Vennerström

Ivar Vennerström

Ivar Teodor Vennerström (1881[1] - 1945) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1915 - 1936. Vennerström joined the left opposition of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the split of 1917, and initially supported the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. But Vennerström opposed the Twenty-one Conditions of the Communist International and left the Left Party in 1921 as it became the Communist Party of Sweden. Vennerström rejoined the Social Democratic Party in 1924[2] and he was made Minister for Defence 1932 - 1936.[3]

References

  1. ^ Workers of the World and Oppressed Peoples, Unite!: Proceedings and Documents of the Second Congress, 1920. Communist International Congress. 1991. p. 585. ISBN 978-0-937091-06-7. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ Ljunggren, Jens (24 September 2015). Den uppskjutna vreden: Socialdemokratisk känslopolitik från 1880- till 1980-talet (in Swedish). Nordic Academic Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-91-88168-02-3. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ News from Sweden. Swedish Information Service. 1945. p. 17. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
Preceded by Swedish Minister for Defence
1932–1936 		Succeeded by