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Folke Bernadotte

1895 - 1948

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Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (2 January 1895 – 17 September 1948) was a Swedish nobleman and diplomat. In World War II, he negotiated the release of about 450 Danish Jews and 30,550 non-Jewish prisoners of many nations from the Nazi German Theresienstadt concentration camp. They were released on 14 April 1945. In 1945 he received a German surrender offer from Heinrich Himmler, though the offer was ultimately rejected by the allies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Folke Bernadotte is the 19th most popular diplomat (down from 14th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 60th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Diplomat.

Folke Bernadotte was a Swedish diplomat who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate in the Arab-Israeli War. He was assassinated in 1948 by a group of Jewish terrorists.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Folke Bernadotte ranks 19 out of 90. Before him are Ferdinand de Lesseps, Adlai Stevenson II, Mohamed ElBaradei, Madeleine Albright, Lucien Bonaparte, and Alva Myrdal. After him are Jean Kennedy Smith, Chaim Herzog, Chiune Sugihara, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Viktor Chernomyrdin, and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Folke Bernadotte ranks 41. Before him are Cristóbal Balenciaga, Ludvík Svoboda, Machine Gun Kelly, Igor Tamm, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, and Rudolph Valentino. After him are Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Vladimir Propp, László Moholy-Nagy, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Vasily Blokhin, and Oskar Dirlewanger. Among people deceased in 1948, Folke Bernadotte ranks 22. Before him are Hugo Boss, Witold Pilecki, Tamam Shud case, Nikolai Berdyaev, Karl Brandt, and Theodor Morell. After him are Arthur Liebehenschel, Maria Mandl, Ruth Benedict, Jan Masaryk, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, and Johannes Blaskowitz.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Folke Bernadotte ranks 95 out of 1,879. Before him are Anders Zorn (1860), Marie Fredriksson (1958), Axel Oxenstierna (1583), Sigfrid Edström (1870), Olof Skötkonung (980), and Sune Bergström (1916). After him are Louise of Sweden (1851), Ulf von Euler (1905), Birger Jarl (1210), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Bertil Ohlin (1899), and Ronnie Peterson (1944).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Sweden

Among diplomats born in Sweden, Folke Bernadotte ranks 4. Before him are Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Raoul Wallenberg (1912), and Alva Myrdal (1902). After him are Hans Blix (1928).

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