Torgny Segerstedt

Torgny Karl Segerstedt (1 November 1876 – 31 March 1945) was a Swedish professor and scholar of comparative religion, who later became editor-in-chief of the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning.

After the rise of Adolf Hitler to power in Nazi Germany, the newspaper became the leading Swedish publication dedicated to the German struggle against Nazism.

Throughout World War II, he remained an opponent to the Swedish government policies of concessions to Nazi Germany.

[10] Torgny Segerstedt was the subject of the 2012 Swedish film, The Last Sentence (Dom över död man).

It was directed by Swedish film director Jan Troell and featured the Danish actor Jesper Christensen in the role of Torgny Segerstedt.