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Per Albin Hansson

1885 - 1946

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Per Albin Hansson (28 October 1885 – 6 October 1946) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1932 until his death in 1946. He succeeded Hjalmar Branting as leader of the Social Democratic Party (SAP) in 1925 and represented Stockholm in the Riksdag from 1918 to 1946. Widely regarded as one of the fathers of modern Sweden, Hansson led the country through the Great Depression and the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Per Albin Hansson is the 6,423rd most popular politician (down from 4,544th in 2024), the 251st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 176th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Per Albin Hansson ranks 6,423 out of 19,576. Before him are Georg Ebers, Al-Mughira, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, Emperor Duzong, and Franz Pfeffer von Salomon. After him are Cornelius A. Smith, Arsames, Meles Zenawi, Prince William of Baden, Xiao Xin, and Nicolas Catinat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Per Albin Hansson ranks 65. Before him are Gunnar Asplund, René Grousset, Harlow Shapley, Theda Bara, Friedrich Kellner, and Alois Hudal. After him are Jules Romains, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Sophie, Princess of Albania, and Sydney Chaplin. Among people deceased in 1946, Per Albin Hansson ranks 63. Before him are Willi Herold, Masaharu Homma, Miroslav Filipović, Hisaichi Terauchi, Alfred Stieglitz, and Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Louis Slotin, Henry Bergman, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Henri Gouraud, Arthur Greiser, and Karl Eberhard Schöngarth.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Per Albin Hansson ranks 251 out of 1,879. Before him are Karin Boye (1900), Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Stig Dagerman (1923), Stig Anderson (1931), and Eva Ekeblad (1724). After him are Hans Rosling (1948), Harry Nyquist (1889), Jussi Björling (1911), Blot-Sweyn (1001), Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), and Malin Åkerman (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Per Albin Hansson ranks 75. Before him are Ulf Kristersson (1963), Anna Lindh (1957), Stenkil (1030), Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), and Carl Adolph Agardh (1785). After him are Blot-Sweyn (1001), Lennart Bernadotte (1909), Estrid of the Obotrites (979), Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616), Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), and Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911).

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