Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1922 |
Number: | 18 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | Carl Albert Lindhagen |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1860 |
Year, Death: | 1946 |
Profession: | Mayor of Stockholm 1903-30. Member of the Swedish parliament 1897-1917,1919-1940 |
City: | Stockholm |
Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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Motivation: | Lindhagen contributed to the peaceful dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in 1905. In 1909 he joined the social democratic party, but after the Russian revolution he became associated with a more leftist socialist group and communists. Lindhagen supported female suffrage and social reform, and he advocated disarmament and international co-operation based on international law. He was a prominent member of the radical peace movement. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Hans Peter Hanssen |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1872 |
Year, Death: | 1953 |
Profession: | Member of the Danish parliament |
City: | Copenhagen |
Country: | DENMARK (DK) |
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Comments: |
Lindhagen was one of legal advisor to the Alfred Nobel estate; in effect he became an associate executor. He also drafted the Nobel Foundation Charter in 1899. |
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