11 Facts About Johan Ramstedt

Johan Olof Ramstedt was Prime Minister of Sweden from April to August 1905.

Johan Ramstedt was born in Stockholm, son to clothing manufacturer Reinhold Ramstedt and his wife Maria Sofia Haeggstrom.

Johan Ramstedt attended Uppsala university where he earned a degree in Government Studies in 1873 after which he interned at the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm.

Johan Ramstedt became acting official of the Court of Appeals in 1880, associate member in 1882, and full member official of the Court of Appeals in 1884.

Johan Ramstedt moved on to the Ministry of Justice in 1892, after which he was promoted to Head of the Justice department in 1896 until 1898 when he was appointed Justice Councillor of the Supreme Court of Sweden.

In 1902 the newly elected prime minister Erik Gustaf Bostrom called upon Johan Ramstedt to join his cabinet.

Bostrom resigned as prime minister due to the Swedish-Norwegian Union crisis of 1905 at which time Johan Ramstedt was appointed prime minister.

Johan Ramstedt's government made a proposal to the Swedish Parliament where in the Parliament was to grant the Government power to negotiate the terms for the dissolving of the Union with the Norwegians.

Johan Ramstedt was re-appointed Justice Councillor by his successor Prime Minister Lundeberg and in 1909 became the first Government Councillor of the newly created Supreme Administrative Court.

In 1912, Johan Ramstedt was appointed Governor of Stockholm by Prime Minister Staaff.

In 1920, Johan Ramstedt retired and lived peacefully until his death in 1935.