Herman Kling

Erik Herman Kling (12 July 1913 – 13 June 1985) was a Swedish politician and diplomat.

He served as a member of the Riksdag for the Swedish Social Democratic Party and as minister for justice from 1959 to 1969.

He passed studentexamen in 1933 and received a Candidate of Law degree in Stockholm in 1938.

[1] Kling worked as an extraordinary notary in Stockholm City Court in 1938 and he became an assistant (amanuens) in 1941.

[3] Kling served as chairman of the Board of Governors (Riksgäldsfullmäktige) of the Swedish National Debt Office from 1952 to 1956, of AB Atomenergi from 1956, as vice chairman of Sveriges allmänna hypoteksbank from 1954 to 1957 and as a member of the Första kammaren from 1962 to 1969.