Rolf Anders Isaksson (9 May 1943 – 17 January 2009) was a

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journalist, writer, and historian, possibly best known for his four-volume

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of Swedish

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politics and

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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-lived ...

's life. Isaksson was born in

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in northern

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, and worked for many years as a

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, and foreign

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for

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and

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. He was a

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at the Dagens Industri business paper, worked for

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and worked as an opinion editor for the

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. In 1987, Isaksson was awarded the Swedish ''

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'' ("Great Journalist Award"). Isaksson died just before his latest book ''Kärlek och krig. Revolutionen år 1809'' ("Love and war. The Revolution of 1809") would be published. In the book, which was his last, Isaksson tells the story of the fall of the

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and army commander

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's life.En utmärkt uttolkare av det förflutna
, Dagens Nyheter, 17 January 2009. Isaksson was married to the former Senior Administrative Head-officer, Mona Danielsson, who served as Chief Officer of the Swedish Government's Gender Equality Unit at the Industry Ministry until 19 May 2000.

Bibliography

*''Per Albin. Del 1: Vägen till folkhemmet'' (1985), *''Per Albin. Del 2: Revolutionären'' (1990), *''Per Albin. Del 3: Partiledaren'' (1996), *''Per Albin. Del 4: Landsfadern'' (2000), *''När pengarna är slut - välfärden efter välfärdsstaten'' (1992) *''Alltid mer, aldrig nog - om medborgaren, staten och välfärden'' (1994) *''Politik och politiker - krönikor från ett epokskifte'' (1996) *''Den politiska adeln - Politikens förvandling från uppdrag till yrke'' (2002) *''Den politiska adeln'' (2006 reviderad och utökad upplaga) *''Kollegiet för sysselsättande av de arbetslösa - Riksrevisionen om arbetsmarknadspolitiken'' (2006), * ''Ebbe - mannen som blev en affär'' (2007),

References

1943 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Swedish historians 21st-century Swedish historians 20th-century Swedish male writers 20th-century Swedish journalists {{sweden-historian-stub