Janne Nilsson (1882–1938) was a Swedish politician who was a member of the
Parliament
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and the
minister of defense
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between 1936 and 1938.
Biography
Nilsson was born in
Hörby
Hörby () (old da, Hørby) is a locality and the seat of Hörby Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 15 631 inhabitants in 2019.
6 km (3.7 mi) south-east of the center of Hörby is at least since 1959 the location of a radio and ...
on 17 May 1882.
He was a member of the
Agrarian Party.
He was appointed minister of defense in the
coalition government led by
Prime Minister
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Per Albin Hansson
Per Albin Hansson (28 October 1885 – 6 October 1946) was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-liv ...
on 19 June 1936.
[
He died of ]cerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...
in Stockholm on 9 December 1938 while serving as the minister of defense.[
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1882 births
1938 deaths
Members of the Riksdag from the Centre Party (Sweden)
People from Hörby Municipality
Swedish Ministers for Defence
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