Janne Nilsson

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| image = Janne Nilsson - Sveriges styresmän.jpg

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| office = Minister of Defense

| primeminister = Per Albin Hansson

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| successor = Edvin Sköld

| term_start = 19 June 1936

| term_end = 9 December 1938

| birth_date = 17 May 1882

| birth_place = Hörby, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|12|9|1882|5|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

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| party = Agrarian Party

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| nationality = Swedish}}

Janne Nilsson (1882–1938) was a Swedish politician who was a member of the Parliament and the minister of defense between 1936 and 1938.

Biography

Nilsson was born in Hörby on 17 May 1882.{{cite web|author=Arvid Cronenberg|title=Janne Nilsson|access-date=10 March 2022 |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/mobil/Artikel/8953|publisher=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon|language=sv}} He was a member of the Agrarian Party.{{cite book|author=John Gilmour|title=Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-8666-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbpvAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|location=Edinburgh|pages=23–24|year=2010}} He was appointed minister of defense in the coalition government led by Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson on 19 June 1936.

He died of cerebral hemorrhage in Stockholm on 9 December 1938 while serving as the minister of defense.{{cite news|title=Janne Nilsson, Head of Swedish Defense; Cabinet Minister Who Joined Gold Rush Here Dies|access-date=10 March 2022|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/12/10/archives/janne-nilsson-head-of-swedish-defense-cabinet-minister-who-joined.html|date=10 December 1938}} His successor was a social democratic politician Edvin Sköld.

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Category:1882 births

Category:1938 deaths

Category:Members of the Riksdag from the Centre Party (Sweden)

Category:People from Hörby Municipality

Category:Ministers for defence of Sweden