Vilhelm Moberg
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Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with his four‑volume series The Emigrant
Vilhelm Moberg, 1967
Bust near the Swedish Emigrant Institute, Växjö
The Vilhelm Moberg House in Carmel Point.
Grave at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.
Haijby scandal
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The Haijby scandal was a political affair in Sweden in the 1950s, involving the conviction and imprisonment of restaurateur Kurt Haijby for the supposed blackmail of King Gustaf V. Haijby claimed that
Vilhelm Moberg
…A prominent public intellectual and debater in Sweden, Moberg was recognized for his vocal criticism of the Swedish monarchy (most notably after the Haijby affair), describing it as a servile government by divine mandate, and publicly supporting its replacement with a Swiss‑style confederal republic. He spoke out…
Kurt Haijby (left) and lawyer Henning Sjöström on the way to trial on charges of extortion against the Royal Court.
Gustaf V at the time of the First World War
Trystorp, Kurt Haijby's boarding-house