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Per Albin Hansson.
Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden between 1932–1936 and 1936–1946 (1885–1946)
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About Per Albin Hansson
Per Albin Hansson was a Swedish statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1932 until his death in 1946. He was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) from 1925 and a member of the Riksdag’s lower house for Stockholm from 1918 to 1946. He introduced the concept of Folkhemmet in 1928, a political vision that defined the Swedish welfare state. Known affectionately as a "father of the nation" (landsfader), Hansson led the country through the Great Depression of the 1930s and maintained its neutrality in the Second World War.
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- politician
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister for Terrestrial Defence, Minister for Defence, Minister for Defence
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- October 28, 1885
- Died
- October 6, 1946