Natanael Gärde

{{Short description|Swedish jurist and politician (1880–1968)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = J Natanael Gärde.jpg

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| office = Minister of Justice

| primeminister =

| predecessor =

| successor = Karl Schlyter

| term_start = 7 June 1930

| term_end = 24 September 1932

| office1 = Minister of State

| primeminister1 = Carl Gustaf Ekman

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| term_start1 = 7 June 1926

| term_end1 = 2 October 1928

| birth_name = Johannes Natanael Gärde

| birth_date = 27 July 1880

| birth_place = Seglora parish, Älvsborg county

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|1|28|1880|7|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Stockholm

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| parents = {{ubl|Johannes Bengtsson (father) | Hedda Andersdtr (mother)}}

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| alma_mater = Uppsala University

| spouse = Märta Brink

| children = Ingrid Gärde Widemar

| nationality = Swedish

| occupation = Lawyer}}

Natanael Gärde (27 July 1880 – 28 January 1968) was a Swedish judge who served as the minister of justice between 1930 and 1932.

Early life and education

Gärde was born in Seglora parish, Älvsborg county, on 27 July 1880. His parents were Johannes Bengtsson and Hedda Andersdtr. He received a degree in law from Uppsala University.

Career

On 7 June 1926 Gärde was appointed minister of state to the cabinet led by Premier Carl Gustaf Ekman.{{cite book|editor=M. Epstein|title=The Statesman's Year-Book|publisher=Macmillan and Co. Ltd.|year=1928|isbn=978-0-230-27057-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xknODQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1317|location=London

|page=1317}} His term ended on 2 October 1928. He was named minister of justice on 7 June 1930 and remained in the office until 24 September 1932. During his tenure Gärde managed to implement a proposal of the former minister Johan Thyrén in which fines to the detainees ability to pay were regulated.{{cite book|author=Nicholas Adams|title=Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg: The Transformation of Public Architecture in Interwar Europe|publisher=Penn State University Press|year=2014|page=118|isbn=978-0-271-06523-6

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-wtCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT118|location=University Park, PA}} After leaving office Gärde headed the procedural law commission which was formed by his successor as minister of justice Karl Schlyter to reform the legal framework of Sweden in 1938.{{cite book|editor1=Malcolm Feeley|editor2=Malcolm Langford|title=The Limits of the Legal Complex: Nordic Lawyers and Political Liberalism|page=90|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2021|isbn=978-0-19-284841-3|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JlxVEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA90

|author=Johan Karlsson Schaffer|chapter=The Legal Complex in Struggles for Political Liberalism in Sweden

|location=Oxford}}

Personal life and death

Gärde married Märta Brink in 1909. Their daughter was Ingrid Gärde Widemar who was also a jurist and politician.{{cite web|author=Andreas Anderberg|title=Ingrid Gärde Widemar|publisher=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon|url=https://www.skbl.se/en/article/IngridGardeWidemar|access-date=28 May 2022|date=8 March 2018}} Natanael Gärde died in Stockholm on 28 January 1968.{{cite web|author=Peter Westerlind |title=J Natanael Gärde|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13438|access-date=28 May 2022 |publisher=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon|language=sv}}

=Awards=

Gärde was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1948.

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