Nils Edén
Nils Edén | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| In office 19 October 1917 – 10 March 1920 | |
| Monarch | Gustaf V |
| Preceded by | Carl Swartz |
| Succeeded by | Hjalmar Branting |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nils Edén 25 August 1871 Piteå, Sweden |
| Died | 16 June 1945 (aged 73) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Liberal Coalition |
| Spouse |
Maria Wallmark (m. 1904) |
| Children | Lars, Brita, Per Olof |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Cabinet | Edén's cabinet |
| Signature | |
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Nils Edén (25 August 1871 – 16 June 1945) was a Swedish historian and liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1917 to 1920, and along with Hjalmar Branting acknowledged as co-architect of Sweden's transition from a constitutional monarchy to a fully parliamentary democracy with equal male and female suffrage.