Olof Olsson (1872–1939) was a Swedish

Social Democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

politician. He served as

minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs The Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs ( sv, Ecklesiastikminister) was a member of the government of Sweden. The minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs was the head of the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs fr ...

during several periods (1919–1920, 1921–1923 and 1924–1926). He was the father of cartoonist and journalist Jan-Erik Garland.

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1872 births 1939 deaths Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Swedish Ministers of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub