Nils Palme (26 February 1895 – 6 January 1963) was a

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and landowner. Nils Palme was the son of and

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ish , the brother of Olof and and the paternal uncle of late

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Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until h ...

. He was an

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before he became head of the fourth battery at the Artillery School in

Jakobstad Jakobstad (; fi, Pietarsaari) is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of () and covers a land area of . The population density is . Neighboring municipalities are Larsmo, Pedersöre, and Nykarleby. The ci ...

. During the hunger- and military demonstrations in 1917 in

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, he contributed to force down the demonstrations. During the

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, he participated on the white side as battery manager to the

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and

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. After the war, he took over the management of , a

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, near

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Bibliography

* ''Två dagar i Tavastland med detachement Ahrenberg i mars 1918''. Stockholm 1936

References

* Rainer Andersson, ''Vad gjorde du i Finland, far? Svenska frivilliga i inbördeskriget 1918''. Stockholm 1999 * Eric Appelroth, ''Artilleriskolan i Jakobstad. Kort historik''. Jakobstad 1968

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