Christian Lundeberg (14 July 1842 – 10 November 1911) was a Swedish

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who served as

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from 2 August to 7 November 1905.

Biography

Lundeberg was born in

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. He was the son of Johan Ulrik August Lundeberg, a mill owner, and Maria Eckman. He studied at

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and at a military school, and was a

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(roughly equivalent to

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) from 1861 to 1874, after which he left the military service. He worked at the iron works at

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, where he was

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from 1885 to 1906. He was a member of the First Chamber of Parliament for the

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and

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party, and became its leader in 1899. Lundeberg was a leading figure during the parliamentary discussions regarding the

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. He was the chairman of a committee that was critical of, and eventually lead to the demise of

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's government. In June 1905, the

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appointed Lundeberg to create a government. He created a

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that in September 1905 reached an agreement which allowed Norway to hold a

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for, or against,

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from Sweden. Following the resolution of the Union Crisis, Lundeberg tried to find a mandate to continue with the coalition government in order to resolve the issue of

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. When his attempt failed, he went back to being a member of parliament, and was a speaker in the First Chamber of Parliament from 1909 until his death in 1911.

References

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