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Harald Edelstam

1913 - 1989

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Gustav Harald Edelstam (17 March 1913 – 16 April 1989) was a Swedish diplomat. During World War II he earned the nickname Svarta nejlikan ("the Black Pimpernel," a reference to the Scarlet Pimpernel) for helping hundreds of Norwegian Jews, SOE agents, and saboteurs escape from the Germans. During the early 1970s he was stationed in Santiago, Chile, and became known as the "Raoul Wallenberg of the 1970s" when he helped over 1,200 Chileans, hundreds of Cuban diplomats and civilians, and 67 Uruguayan and Bolivian refugees escape persecution by dictator Augusto Pinochet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harald Edelstam is the 14,999th most popular politician (down from 13,178th in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 603rd in 2019) and the 138th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harald Edelstam ranks 14,999 out of 19,576. Before him are Chuy García, Claudia Roth, Zac Goldsmith, Gerhard Louis De Geer, Prince Frederick of Great Britain, and Manuel Márquez Sterling. After him are Claudette Werleigh, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Nicolaas Pierson, and Joe Kennedy III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Harald Edelstam ranks 278. Before him are Tibor Kemény, Guillermo Haro, Gardnar Mulloy, Ranko Marinković, Mikhail Solomentsev, and Anna Lee. After him are Giovanni Valetti, Rudolf Harbig, Nikolay Latyshev, Joe Kelly, Masaji Kiyokawa, and Aleksanteri Saarvala. Among people deceased in 1989, Harald Edelstam ranks 226. Before him are Leen Vente, Willie Steele, Ray McAnally, Frank Foss, Ödön Zombori, and Yannis Tsarouchis. After him are Gilles Andriamahazo, George Robledo, Rostislav Plyatt, Peter Scott, Cláudio Santoro, and Gilda Radner.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Harald Edelstam ranks 809 out of 1,879. Before him are Jean-Paul Vonderburg (1964), Brita Borg (1926), Hugo Wieslander (1889), Gunnar Johansson (1924), Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854), and August Malmström (1829). After him are Sven Markelius (1889), Birgit Cullberg (1908), Gunnar Lindström (1896), Rosa Taikon (1926), Carl Hårleman (1886), and Quorthon (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Harald Edelstam ranks 138. Before him are Oscar von Sydow (1873), Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans (1948), Christian Lundeberg (1842), Pia Cramling (1963), Johan Ramstedt (1852), and Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854). After him are Ann Linde (1961), Axel Nordlander (1879), Gudrun Schyman (1948), Per Ahlmark (1939), Åge Lundström (1890), and Anita Gradin (1933).

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