deaths
September 24, 1896
Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1818)
Louis Gerhard De Geer
Baron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång was a Swedish statesman, lawyer and writer. He was the first Prime Minister of Sweden.
Prime Minister of Sweden
The prime minister of Sweden is the head of government of the Kingdom of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subject to the Parliament of Sweden. The prime minister is nominated by the speaker of the Riksdag and is elected by the chamber by simple majority, using negative parliamentarianism. The Riksdag holds elections every four years, in the even year between leap years.