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August Palm

1849 - 1922

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August Teodor Palm (5 February 1849 – 14 March 1922), also nicknamed Mäster Palm, was a Swedish political activist and agitator who played a major role in establishing the Social Democratic Party (SAP) in the 1880s. Originally trained as a tailor, he spent several years working in Germany and Denmark, where he was influenced by socialist and workers’ rights ideas that were spreading across Europe in the late 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. August Palm is the 16,187th most popular politician (down from 15,758th in 2024). (down from 4,307th in 2019)

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Among politicians, August Palm ranks 16,185 out of 19,576. Before him are Klaus Tschütscher, Eeva Ruoppa, Tashi Namgyal, and Waldemar Pawlak. After him are Leander Starr Jameson, Manuel Gondra, Emiliano González Navero, Toke Talagi, Nobuo Kishi, Bohuslav Sobotka, Lizardo Montero Flores, and Rashid Nurgaliyev.

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Among people born in 1849, August Palm ranks 102. Before him are Eugen Huber, Louis Glineur, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, William Merritt Chase, Horace Lamb, and Henry Clay Frick. After him are John Hopkinson, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Edmund Gosse, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Aston Webb, and Sarat Chandra Das. Among people deceased in 1922, August Palm ranks 122. Before him are William Christie, Serapio Calderón, Gaston Bonnier, Takamine Jōkichi, Lev Chugaev, and A. V. Dicey. After him are Cathal Brugha, Gösta Runö, Pál Simon, Anna Missuna, Alfred Capus, and John Butler Yeats.

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