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The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year: 1928
Number: 12-3
   
Nominee:  
Carl Albert Lindhagen
M
1860
1946
Mayor of Stockholm. Member of the Swedish parliament 1897-1917, 1919-1940
Stockholm
SE (SWEDEN)
   
Motivation: Lindhagen supported female suffrage and social reform, and he advocated disarmament and international co-operation based on international law. He actively worked for a joint Scandiavian effort to promote international civil law. Lindhagen was a prominent member of the radical peace movement.
   
Nominator:
 
M The Estonian Inter-Parliamentary Group (Martna)
M
Members of parliament
Tallinn
EE (ESTONIA)
   
Evaluation: No
   
Comment: Lindhagen was one of legal advisor to the Alfred Nobel estate; in effect he became an associate executor. He also drafted the Nobel Foundation Charter in 1899.
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