Klas Pontus Arnoldson

Swedish politician (1844-1916)

Klas Pontus Arnoldson made a career in public life at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.

The record lists Klas Pontus Arnoldson as Swedish politician (1844-1916).

Klas Pontus Arnoldson was born at Göteborg City in 1844. His recorded nationality is Sweden.

The nineteenth century professionalised nearly everything: salaried posts, formal training, and audiences large enough to sustain a career.

Klas Pontus Arnoldson is described as politician and opinion journalist.

What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.

Formal recognition came in the shape of the Nobel Peace Prize (1908).

Working from Sweden shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.

Death came in 1916, at 72. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.

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