Ivar Teodor Vennerström (1881 - 1945) was a Swedish

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politician, member of the

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1915 - 1936. Vennerström joined the left opposition of the

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in the split of 1917, and initially supported the

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in Russia. But Vennerström opposed the

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of the

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and left the Left Party in 1921 as it became the Communist Party of Sweden. Vennerström rejoined the Social Democratic Party in 1924 and he was made Minister for Defence 1932 - 1936.

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