Per Anger

Per Johan Valentin Anger
Born(1913-12-07)7 December 1913
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died25 August 2002(2002-08-25) (aged 88)
Stockholm, Sweden
Alma materStockholm University
Uppsala University
OccupationDiplomat
Years active1940 to 1979
Known forAssisting Raoul Wallenberg in the rescue of Hungarian Jews from Nazis in World War II
SpouseElena Wikstrom Anger
Children3

Per Johan Valentin Anger (7 December 1913 – 25 August 2002) was a Swedish diplomat. Anger was Raoul Wallenberg's colleague at the Swedish legation in Budapest during World War II when many Jews were saved because they were supplied with Swedish passports. After the war, he spent a lot of time trying to clarify Wallenberg's fate.

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