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Born November 23, 1860 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died February 24, 1925 (aged 64) • Stockholm • Sweden • (Anniversary in 2 days)
Title / Office prime minister (1924-1925), Sweden • prime minister (1921-1923), Sweden • prime minister (1920-1920), Sweden
Founder Swedish Social Democratic Party
Political Affiliation Swedish Social Democratic Party
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1921)
Role In Paris Peace Conference

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Woodrow Wilson
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chancellor of Sweden
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Göran Persson
prime minister of Sweden
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Per Albin Hansson
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Hans Axel von Fersen, portrait by an unknown artist; in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
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prime minister of Sweden
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Bertil Ohlin
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Mohamed ElBaradei.
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