Carl Swartz
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Carl Johan Gustaf Swartz was a Swedish manufacturer, philanthropist, and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Sweden from March to October 1917. He previously served as Minister for Fina
Carl Swartz
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
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Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld was a Swedish statesman, diplomat, and academic who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917. An independent conservative, he represented Uppsala County i
Carl Swartz
…War I, Swartz was a key figure in the Riksdag in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee of Supply between 1915 and 1917. With the resignation of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, King Gustav V called on the party-political conservative Swartz to become prime minister. He accepted the appointment more out of a sense of duty…
Hammarskjöld c. 1915–1925
Delegates, including Hammarskjöld (fourth from left), in Karlstad to negotiate the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union, 1905. Karl Staaff (left), is also pictured.
Prime Minister Hammarskjöld on his way from the government building to the parliament in Stockholm in 1917.
Hammarskjöld, c. 1930s