14 Facts About Torsten Nothin

Torsten Karl Viktor Nothin was a Swedish official and social democratic politician.

Torsten Nothin was Minister for Justice from 1924 to 1926 and Governor of Stockholm from 1933 to 1949.

Torsten Nothin completed his civil service degree in law in 1905.

Torsten Nothin was acting legal clerk in 1910, a co-opted member of the Hovratt in 1911, acting audit secretary in 1915, legal clerk in 1914, and hovrattsrad in 1917.

Torsten Nothin then served as Director of Legal matters in the Ministry of Finance in 1918 and as audit secretary in 1920.

Torsten Nothin then served as acting Director General of the National Swedish Land Survey Board from 1923 to 1924.

Torsten Nothin was a member of the Forsta kammaren from 1921 to 1928, and served as Minister for Justice from 18 October 1924 to 7 June 1926.

Torsten Nothin 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.

Torsten Nothin was the state's board member in Grangesbergsbolaget and in LKAB from 1923 to 1955.

Torsten Nothin was the initiator of, among other things the National Society for Road Safety, Society and Defence and Riksluftskyddsforbundet.

Torsten Nothin was chairman of the AB Papyrus, Saab AB, Rederi AB Nordstjernan, and vice chairman of the Thule Group.

Torsten Nothin was initiator of and one of the publishers of Svensk lagsamling.

Torsten Nothin was chairman of a number of foundations and associations, including the Swedish Gymnastic Association until 1936, the Swedish Flag Day, the Swedish Tourist Traffic Association, the Stockholm Shooting Federation, the Stockholm Choral Society, and the Nordic Society.

Prince Lennart Bernadotte reported that Torsten 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.