Karl Fabian Månsson (1872–1938) was a

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politician. In his youth, Månsson used the pseudonym ''Dacke'', a name he borrowed from the 16th century peasant rebel

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. Fabian Månsson was born in a poor family in Hasslö, an island in the

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. His father was a fisherman. Fabian Månsson worked as a navvy and became active as a radical in the

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, for which he also worked as an agitator, a journalist, and a poet. In 1912 he was elected to the

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of the

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where he was reelected until his death. When the Social Democratic Party was split in 1917, Månsson who always opposed centralistic rule joined the radical, revolutionary group which formed the ''Social Democratic Left Party''. However, Månsson opposed

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and left the new party when its leader,

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, moved the party into joining the

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. Fabian Månsson decided to rejoin the

, but continued to scrutinize it from a radical angle. Månsson wrote several historical works, including a three-volume work on Nils Dacke. He was made honorary Doctor of Philosophy at the

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in 1932. His younger comrade

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wrote a biography about him, simply called ''Fabian'' (1948). Today there is a statue of Fabian Månsson erected at his birthplace of Hasslö, and a bust outside

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1872 births Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians 1938 deaths 19th-century Swedish people People from Karlskrona Municipality {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub