31 March 1976(1976-03-31) (aged 62) Båstad, Sweden
Wedén survived severe tuberculosis and became a businessman in the family company, a metal manufacturing firm. Wedén had no higher education but became a self-learned intellectual, starting with extensive reading during long sejours at tuberculosis hospitals. He was strongly pro-British and influenced by reading about British parliamentary life. Wedén also was passionately anti-Nazi and during World War II he joined the liberal party of Sweden, the People's Party, where he became city councillor, chairman of the youth organization and member of parliament.
In parliament Wedén for many years worked with housing and defence policy, but over the years he became part of the small circle of leading liberals around Bertil Ohlin, and finally Ohlin's successor as chairman and parliamentary leader. However Wedén's health was now broken and after his only election campaign as party leader, which ended with a setback, he resigned as party chairman in 1969 and later retired from parliament.
In 1968 a Stockholm-based satirical magazine Puss published a photo collage by Lars Hillersberg depicting Wedén naked which led to the confiscation of the issue.[2]
sven, wedén, july, 1913, march, 1976, swedish, politician, leader, swedish, people, party, from, 1967, 1969, leader, people, partyin, office, 1967, 1968preceded, bybertil, ohlinsucceeded, bygunnar, helénpersonal, detailsborn, 1913, july, 1913eskilstuna, sweden. Sven Weden 23 July 1913 31 March 1976 was a Swedish politician 1 He was the leader of the Swedish People s Party from 1967 to 1969 Sven WedenLeader of the People s PartyIn office 1967 1968Preceded byBertil OhlinSucceeded byGunnar HelenPersonal detailsBorn 1913 07 23 23 July 1913Eskilstuna SwedenDied31 March 1976 1976 03 31 aged 62 Bastad SwedenWeden survived severe tuberculosis and became a businessman in the family company a metal manufacturing firm Weden had no higher education but became a self learned intellectual starting with extensive reading during long sejours at tuberculosis hospitals He was strongly pro British and influenced by reading about British parliamentary life Weden also was passionately anti Nazi and during World War II he joined the liberal party of Sweden the People s Party where he became city councillor chairman of the youth organization and member of parliament In parliament Weden for many years worked with housing and defence policy but over the years he became part of the small circle of leading liberals around Bertil Ohlin and finally Ohlin s successor as chairman and parliamentary leader However Weden s health was now broken and after his only election campaign as party leader which ended with a setback he resigned as party chairman in 1969 and later retired from parliament In 1968 a Stockholm based satirical magazine Puss published a photo collage by Lars Hillersberg depicting Weden naked which led to the confiscation of the issue 2 References edit Vem ar det 1969 in Swedish Puss 1968 1973 tidskrift nu in Swedish Retrieved 6 September 2022 Party political officesPreceded byBertil Ohlin Leader of the Swedish People s Party1967 1969 Succeeded byGunnar Helen nbsp nbsp This article about a Sweden Liberal People s Party politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sven Weden amp oldid 1191859492, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
