Per Hansson Swedish statesman Date of Birth: 28.10.1885 Country: Sweden

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1. Per Albin Hansson: Swedish Statesman and Prime Minister
2. - Elected to the Swedish parliament (Riksdag) in 1918
3. Prime Minister of Sweden (1932-1946)
4. - Led the country through the difficult years of World War II
5. - Advocate for Scandinavian cooperation and initiated the Baltic bloc
6. Later Years and Legacy

Per Albin Hansson: Swedish Statesman and Prime Minister

Early Life and Political Beginnings
- Born on October 28, 1885, in Fosie near Malmö, Sweden
- Joined the Social Democratic Youth Union in 1903
- Became a member of the Social Democratic Labor Party

- Became the chief editor of the party newspaper "Social-Demokraten" in 1917

- Elected to the Swedish parliament (Riksdag) in 1918

Minister of Defense and Social Democratic Leadership

- Appointed Minister of Defense in the Social Democratic government in 1920

- Held the position of Minister of Defense from 1921 to 1923 and 1924 to 1926

- Became the chairman of the Social Democratic Labor Party in 1926 after the death of Hjalmar Branting

Prime Minister of Sweden (1932-1946)

- Assumed the position of Prime Minister in 1932

- Served as Prime Minister for over a decade, with a brief interruption in 1936

- Led the country through the difficult years of World War II

Domestic and Foreign Policy

- Implemented a moderate program of reforms, including state ownership, planning, public works, and social welfare

- Advocate for Scandinavian cooperation and initiated the Baltic bloc

- Pursued disarmament and cooperation within the League of Nations
- Prepared for defense in the 1930s as the threat of war grew
Maintaining Neutrality During World War II

- Successfully preserved Sweden's independence despite Nazi threats of invasion

- Restored wartime reforms and strengthened the Social Democratic Party's position

Later Years and Legacy

- Formed a one-party government in 1945
- Died on October 5, 1946, in Stockholm

- Remembered as a skilled politician and a symbol of Swedish neutrality during the war

Statesmen

Wild Bill Hickok	Mariela Castro	Theodor Kathrein
Giovanni delle Bande Nere Medici	Victor Dzenzerskiy	Sergey Zverev