18 Facts About Arvid Lindman

Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman was a Swedish rear admiral, industrialist and conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1906 to 1911 and again from 1928 to 1930.

Arvid Lindman has been described as one of the fathers of modern Sweden.

Arvid Lindman was the leader of the conservative General Electoral Union between 1912 and 1935 as well as leader of Lantmanna- och borgarepartiet from 1913 to 1935, except for a short while during 1917 when he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Arvid Lindman was born in Osterbybruk, Uppsala county, Sweden, the son of Emil Achates Lindman, a mill director and Ebba Dahlgren.

Arvid Lindman became a sub-luitenant in the Swedish navy in 1882 and was a crew member of the frigate "Vanadis".

Arvid Lindman was placed in the reserves of the Swedish navy and in 1905 was given the appointment of commander of the fleet and in 1907.

Arvid Lindman's naval reached its peak in 1907 when he was appointed as Rear Admiral in the naval reserve.

Arvid Lindman was CEO of Iggesunds Bruk from 1892 to 1903 and of Strombacka bruks AB between 1903 and 1923.

Arvid Lindman was in the boards of Huskvarna weapon factory, Wood Goods and Export Association and state auditor in Luossavaara-Kirunavaara.

Arvid Lindman was elected to the First chamber in 1904 of the Gafleborg county council.

Arvid Lindman was interpreted as a protectionist politician of the right wing of Swedish politics of the time.

Arvid Lindman resigned in November of 1905 with the rest of the Lundeberg government.

Arvid Lindman was appointed prime minister at head of a moderate-conservative government.

Political and economic opposition resulted in the general strike of 1909, but the strike failed, and Arvid Lindman's government was allowed to remain in power, ostensibly supported by the king.

Arvid Lindman was a modern kind of party leader, who with involvement and eloquence turned directly to the voters.

Arvid Lindman was a pragmatic conservative without losing his principles and an effective political peace-broker, who sought a policy of compromise with his adversaries.

The "honest thanks over the battle lines" from the social democratic leader Per Albin Hansson when Arvid Lindman resigned as party leader in favor of the younger academic and professor Gosta Bagge in 1935 was an expression of the wide-ranging respect that he had.

Arvid Lindman died in an aircraft crash on 9 December 1936, when the Douglas DC-2 in which he was travelling crashed into houses near Croydon Airport just after taking off in thick fog.