Ivar Vennerström

Ivar Teodor Vennerström (1881 - 1945) was a

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politician, member of the

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1915 - 1936. Vennerström joined the left opposition of the

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in the split of 1917, and initially supported the

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in Russia. But Vennerström opposed the

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of the

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and left the Left Party in 1921 as it became the

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. Vennerström rejoined the Social Democratic Party in 1924 and he was made

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1932 - 1936. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vennerstrom, Ivar Venners, Ivar Venner, Ivar Venner, Ivar 1881 births 1945 deaths