Alva Myrdal
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1 (of 3) Alva and Gunnar Myrdal in their home in Bromma, Sweden. Photo taken in March 1945.
Photo: KW Gullers / Nordiska museet. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Source: http://digitaltmuseum.se/011013839731
2 (of 3) Alva and Gunnar Myrdal, 1934.
Photo: Pressens bild, photographer unknown. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
3 (of 3) Typewriter used and owned by peace laureate Alva Myrdal. The typewriter, an Olivetti practice 48, was acquired for writing the acclaimed book 'The Game of Disarmament' (1976). The typewriter is a gift to the Nobel Prize Museum from Kaj Fölster, Alva and Gunnar Myrdal's daughter.
© Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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