A conservative politician, he became a member of the Swedish parliament in 1932, led the National Organization of the Right from 1935 to 1944, and served as Minister of Education in the Hansson III Cabinet during World War II.

[3] He worked at the National Board of Trade's division for labour statistics 1906 to 1909, where he studied collective bargaining.

Bagge was a social conservative politician within the rightist party, but had a liberal view of economic affairs.

He was a harsh critic of the economic policies of the social democratic finance minister Ernst Wigforss.

[1] In government he was the leading supporter of Finland's fight for survival against the Soviet Union during World War II and wanted to give aid to the Nordic neighbor country.