Karl Gustaf Westman
Karl Gustaf Westman was a Swedish historian and political leader.
Biography
Westman attended Uppsala University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1897, Licentiate of Philosophy in 1904 and a Ph.D. 1905. He was professor of the History of Law in the faculty of law at Uppsala University.In political office, he represented the Agrarian Bondeförbundet, which was established in 1913. He was minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs. He served as foreign minister, and justice minister. Although not the chairman of his party, Westman was without doubt his party's most influential cabinet member.
As a justice minister, and as one of the cabinet members with a say in matters of foreign policy during World War II, Westman has been criticized for what some observers have perceived as exaggerated adaptation to Nazi Germany's expected victory in the war, and for a limited respect for the freedom of the press to criticize foreign powers.