Caleb Johan Anderson (31 October 1910–26 June 1996) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

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and an important adviser to Prime Minister

Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until as ...

, especially concerning foreign policy where he was a harsh critic of the

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, and a supporter of the

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. Anderson also translated books by

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...

to Swedish. In 1942, Anderson translated works for the Swedish–German Friendship Association magazine.

Literary works

*''Vår otrygga värld''. (1965). *''I denna revolutionära epok: utrikespolitiska essäer 1966-1970''. (1970). *''Den globala obalansen: om olja, supermakter och imperialism''. (1974). *''Caleb J. Anderson: Palmes okände rådgivare: en sammanställning av Caleb J. Andersons viktigaste artiklar'' - urval, inledning och kommentarer av

Anders Ferm Anders Jonny Ferm (20 February 1938 – 1 October 2019) was a Sweden, Swedish diplomat and Swedish Social Democratic Party, social democratic politician. Ferm was an important adviser to Prime Minister Olof Palme, and was Permanent Representative ...

. (1997).

References

1910 births 1996 deaths People from Borås Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Franz Kafka scholars {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub