Torsten Nothin

{{Short description|Swedish politician (1884–1972)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Torsten Nothin | image = Torsten Nothin - Sveriges styresmän.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Governor of Stockholm | status =  | term_start = 16 September 1933 | term_end = 30 September 1949 | alongside =  | predecessor = Henning Elmquist | successor = Johan Hagander | prior_term = | order2 =  | office2 = Director General of the National Swedish Land Survey Board | term_start2 = 18 June 1926 | term_end2 = 1933 | predecessor2 = Gustaf Grefberg | successor2 = Harald Malmberg | order3 =  | office3 = Minister for Justice | term_start3 = 18 October 1924 | term_end3 = 7 June 1926 | predecessor3 = Birger Ekeberg | successor3 = Johan Thyrén | parliamentary_group2 =  | constituency2 =  | majority2 =  | prior_term2 =  | birth_name = Torsten Karl Viktor Nothin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|02|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Värnamo, Sweden | death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|03|01|1884|02|13|df=y}} | death_place = Jönköping, Sweden | party = Social Democratic Party | spouse = {{marriage|Vera Åkerman|1925|1955|end=her death}} | children = 1 | alma_mater = Lund University | profession = Jurist | known_for = | cabinet = Branting III Cabinet<br>Sandler Cabinet | committees = | portfolio = | signature = }}

'''Torsten Karl Viktor Nothin''' (13 February 1884 – 1 March 1972) was a Swedish official and social democratic politician. He was Minister for Justice from 1924 to 1926 and Governor of Stockholm from 1933 to 1949.

==Early life== Nothin was born on 13 February 1884 in Voxtorp Parish, Värnamo Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden, the son of Johannes Nothin, a vicar, and his wife Anna Bengtson. He completed his civil service degree in law (''hovrättsexamen'') in 1905.<ref name="Lindblad (1924), p. 560"/>

==Career== Nothin was acting legal clerk (''hovrättsfiskal'') in 1910, a co-opted member of the ''Hovrätt'' in 1911, acting audit secretary in 1915, legal clerk in 1914, and ''hovrättsråd'' in 1917. He then served as Director of Legal matters in the Ministry of Finance in 1918 and as audit secretary in 1920. Nothing was minister without portfolio from 10 March to 27 October 1920 and from 13 October 1921 to 19 April 1923. He then served as acting Director General of the National Swedish Land Survey Board from 1923 to 1924.<ref name="Lindblad (1924), p. 560">{{cite book |editor1-last=Lindblad |editor1-first=Göran |year=1924 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1925 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1925 |location=Stockholm |publisher=P. A. Norstedt & Söners |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|6gnl7s754g5f6x82}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1925/0566.html |page=560}}</ref> Nothin was a member of the ''Första kammaren'' from 1921 to 1928, and served as Minister for Justice from 18 October 1924 to 7 June 1926.<ref name="Vem är det (1932), p. 639">{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1933 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1933 |year=1932 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1933/0639.html |page=639}}</ref> He was appointed Director General of the National Swedish Land Survey Board in 1926, and served as minister without portfolio from 24 September 1932 to 16 September 1933.<ref name="Vem är det (1940), p. 623">{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943 |year=1940 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|10335454}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1943/0623.html |page=623}}</ref> Nothin was Governor of Stockholm from 1933 to 1949.<ref name="Svensson & Ekstedt (1955), p. 701">{{cite book |editor-last1=Svensson |editor-first1=Stina |editor-last2=Ekstedt |editor-first2=Tage |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1955 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1955 |year=1955 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3681511}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1955/0725.html |page=701}}</ref>

Nothin was chairman of about 20 committees and expert investigations,<ref name="Svensson & Ekstedt (1955), p. 701"/> including the Committee on the ''Hovrätterna'' (''Kommittén angående hovrätterna'') in 1926, ''Dalautredningen'' from 1930 to 1932, ''Statens organisationsnämnd'' ("National Organization Board") until 1932, Aviation Investigation of 1934 (''1934 års luftfartsutredning''), the "Mother Investigation" of 1935 (''1935 års "mammututredning"'') and the Municipal Tax Preparation of 1936 (''1936 års kommunalskatteberedning''), and various negotiating delegations between the Crown and the City of Stockholm.<ref name="Vem är det (1940), p. 623"/> He was also the state's board member in Grängesbergsbolaget and in LKAB from 1923 to 1955.<ref name="Vem är det (1932), p. 639"/><ref name="Lagerström (1966), p. 687">{{cite book |editor-last=Lagerström |editor-first=Sten |year=1966 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1967 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1967 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3681518}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1967/0703.html |page=687}}</ref>

Nothin was the initiator of, among other things the National Society for Road Safety, Society and Defence and ''Riksluftskyddsförbundet'' ("National Aerial-Protection Association").<ref name="Lagerström (1968), p. 717">{{cite book |editor-last=Lagerström |editor-first=Sten |year=1968 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3681519}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1969/0733.html |page=717}}</ref> He was chairman of the AB Papyrus, Saab AB, Rederi AB Nordstjernan, and vice chairman of the Thule Group. Nothin was initiator of and one of the publishers of ''Svensk lagsamling'' (1950–1954).<ref name="Svensson & Ekstedt (1955), p. 701"/> Nothin was also chairman of a number of foundations and associations, including the Swedish Gymnastic Association (''Svenska gymnastikförbundet'') until 1936, the Swedish Flag Day, the Swedish Tourist Traffic Association (''Svenska turisttrafikförbundet''), the Stockholm Shooting Federation (''Stockholms skytteförbund'') (until 1944<ref>{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945 |year=1945 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|8261511}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1945/0813.html |page=813}}</ref>), the Stockholm Choral Society (''Stockholms sångarförbund''), and the Nordic Society.<ref name="Vem är det (1940), p. 623"/>

Prince Lennart Bernadotte reported that Nothin was very powerful and in private, in the 1940s, approached him with homosexual advances, knowing how to subject men who rejected him to intrigue and revenge.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bernadotte |first=Lennart |author-link=Lennart Bernadotte |title=Mainau, min medelpunkt: memoarer |trans-title=Mainau, my center: memoirs |year=1995 |publisher=Bonnier |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=9100561223 |id={{LIBRIS|7149428}} |pages=100–102}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 1925, he married Vera Åkerman (1900–1955), the daughter of the District Judge Assar Åkerman and Othilda Borg.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Burling |editor-first=Ingeborg |year=1956 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1957/0752.html |page=728}}</ref> They had one child: Margareta (born 1927).<ref name="Harnesk (1965), p. 804">{{cite book |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1965 |title=Vem är vem?. 3, Götaland, utom Skåne, Halland, Blekinge |trans-title=Who's Who?. 3, Götaland, except Scania, Halland, Blekinge |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|53511}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/gota65/0828.html |page=804}}</ref>

==Awards and decorations== * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight and Commander of the Orders of His Majesty (30 September 1949)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/65665/1/gupea_2077_65665_1.pdf |title=Sveriges statskalender. 1969 |editor-first=Bengt |editor-last=Sköldenberg |year=1969 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3682754}} |page=93}}</ref> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (1948)<ref name="Harnesk (1965), p. 804"/> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} H. M. The King's Medal<ref name="Harnesk (1965), p. 804"/>

==Honours== *Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (1930)<ref name="Lagerström (1966), p. 687"/> *Honorary Doctors of the Faculty of Law, Uppsala University (1932)<ref name="Vem är det (1932), p. 639"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} *[https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=8418 Article] at ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'' {{in lang|sv}} *{{Sfdb name |202139}} {{in lang|sv}}

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