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Per Albin Hansson

Per Albin Hansson (born 28 October1885 in Malmö Fosie; † 6 October1946 inStockholm) was a Swedish politician whose vision of a “people’s home”Sweden has a lasting impression. The Social Democrat was on 24 September 1932 until 19 in June 1936 and again on 28 September 1936 until his death in 1946 of Swedish Prime Minister. [...]

Ernst Linder

Ernst Linder (Pohja, Russian Empire) was a Swedish-Finnish general who served in the Swedish army and the army ofFinland, between 1887 and 1940. Horseman, he also illustrated in international competition riding, winning the gold medal in the dressage event of the 1924 Olympic Games. Biography Ernst Linder comes from the small Swedish nobility, and his [...]

Christian X of Denmark

Christian X (*26 September 1870 in Castle Charlottenlund; † 20 April 1947 in Copenhagen) was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and as Kristjan I. King of Iceland 1918 to 1944. Christian X. was the eldest son of Frederick VIII ofDenmarkand his wife Louise of Sweden-Norway. Easter Crisis 1920 In April 1920, King Christian [...]

Carl Gustaf von Rosen

Count Carl Gustav von Rosen is a Swedish aviator born in1909 in the Swedishprovince ofSödermanland and died inEthiopia. Son of the explorer Eric von Rosen (1879-1948) and his wife, née Baroness Mary Fock (1887-1967), he is also the nephew of Carin Göring (1888-1931), first wife of Hermann Göring. Until the Second World War Gustav von [...]

Gustaf V of Sweden

Gustav V, full name Oscar Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (born 16 June1858 inDrottningholmPalace inStockholm,Sweden, † October 29 1950 ibid) was from 1907 to 1950 King of Sweden. Gustav V was the eldest son of Oscar II of Swedenand his wife Sophia of Nassau. He was in the Swedish history of the longest-reigning monarch. Shy, reserved and [...]

Rezā Shāh

Reza Pahlavi (Persian: رضا پهلوی, called Reza Shah the Great after his death) (Alasht, March 16, 1877 – Johannesburg, 26 July 1944) was the next to last Shah of Persia. Rise to power At the end of World War I, Persia was going through a period of deep economic crisis and extreme political weakness. In [...]

Gholamali Bayandor

Gholamali Bayandor (Persian بايندر  غلام علي, born on December 13, 1898 in Tehran, died on 25 August 1941) was an Iranian Rear Admiral. Life Gholamali Bayandor was born in Tehran in December 1898. His ancestors came from Bidschar in the province of Kordestan. After his schooling in Tehran in 1920, he attended the Military Academy [...]

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