Rolf Gustav Stefan Wirtén (4 May 1931 – 19 February 2023) was a Swedish politician who held various ministerial posts, including the minister of economics and minister for the budget in the 1970s and 1980s.

[1] He was a member of the Liberals[2] and was elected to the first chamber of the Parliament in 1966, serving there until 1970.

[6] He reported that while serving as minister the Swedish economic policy had been designed on the Keynesian principles.

[7] In 1997 he was the head of a commission which investigated the allegations about the diamonds of Jewish people stolen by the Nazis and smuggled into Sweden.

[12] It awards a cultural prize, Wirtén kulturpris, which has been given since 2000 on his birthday, 4 May.