Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1924 |
Number: | 13 - 3 |
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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. 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: | Members of the Swedish parliament |
Profession: | Members of the Swedish parliament |
City: | Stockholm |
Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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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.
Lindhagen was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. |
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