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Sven Adolf Hedlund (24 February 1821 – 16 September 1900), also known as S. A. Hedlund, was a
Swedish
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newspaper publisher and politician.
He was editor-in-chief of ''Göteborgs Handels- och sjöfartstidning'' and served as a
Member of the Parliament of Sweden.
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Biography
Sven Adolf Hedlund was born on the island of Eldgarn, now in
Ekerö Municipality
Ekerö Municipality ( sv, Ekerö kommun) is a municipality in the province of Uppland in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The name derives from the name of the main island within the municipality whose name is Ekerön, and literally means ...
at
Mälaren,
Stockholm County, Sweden,
He was the son of the farmer Carl Adolf Hedlund and his wife Regina (
née Björner).
He earned a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in 1845 from
Uppsala University
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
The university rose to significance during ...
.
In 1847 he was employed at the Swedish
Ministry of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
and at the Swedish
National Library
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in
Stockholm.
In the same year he also became a contributor for the publications '' Hermoder '' and ''Dagligt Allehanda''.
In 1849 he became managing editor of ''
Örebro Tidning''.
In 1851 he joined the editorial staff of ''
Aftonbladet''.
In 1852 he became managing editor of ''
Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning
''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning'' (''GHT'') was a daily newspaper published in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 1832 to 1985.
History and profile
''GHT'' was founded in 1832 by publisher Magnus Prytz and had a liberal alignment from the lat ...
'', a position he held for the rest of his life.
As managing editor of one of leading Swedish newspapers, he became a major figure in the Swedish press.
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Hedlund was elected as a
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
, representing
Gothenburg Municipality in the lower house from 1867 to 1869 and from 1879 to 1883. He later represented
Gothenburg and Bohus County
Gothenburg and Bohus County ( sv, Göteborgs och Bohus län) was a county of Sweden until 1997, when it was merged with Skaraborg County and Älvsborg County to form Västra Götaland County.
The county was named after the city of Gothenburg a ...
in the upper house from 1875 to 1876, and
Kristianstad County
Kristianstad County ( sv, Kristianstads län) was a county of Sweden from 1719 to 31 December 1996 when it was merged with Malmöhus County to form Skåne County.
The seat of residence for the Governor was in Kristianstad.
See also
* List of g ...
from 1886 to 1889.
During his first period in the parliament Hedlund opposed the agrarian
Lantmanna Party, which put him in opposition to the liberal government of
Prime Minister
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Louis De Geer. Although he later decided to side with the party he never became a devoted party member. Both as a publisher and politician, Hedlund was a prominent proponent of liberal reforms. He was a strong proponent of political liberties such as
freedom of speech,
freedom of religion
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and
free trade
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. He also supported the Swedish representative reform of 1866, in which the old
Estates Assembly was replaced with a
bicameral parliament.
Hedlund was also active as a local politician and served in the Gothenburg Municipal Council for over thirty years. As such he contributed to the reforms and establishment of many local institutions, particularly in the educational system. He was a force behind the founding of
Gothenburg Museum
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in 1861 and a proponent behind the establishment of the
University of Gothenburg
The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 st ...
(''Göteborgs högskola'') in 1887.
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Personal life
Hedlund became engaged to Christina Maria Rudenschöld (1832-1905) and married her in 1854. They were the parents of five children.
In 1860, Hedlund became a member of the
Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhället i Göteborg, abbreviated KVVS and often known simply as ''Samhället'') is a Swedish Royal Academy. Its predecessor was founded in Gothenburg ...
.
After suffering
apoplectic
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stroke in 1889, Hedlund retired from his publishing works and public duties. He died in his home in Gothenburg in 1900. His funerary urn is located in the
Viktor Rydberg
Abraham Viktor Rydberg (; 18 December 182821 September 1895) was a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy, 1877–1895. "Primarily a classical idealist", Viktor Rydberg has been described as "Sweden's last Romantic" and by 1859 was ...
Mausoleum at
Östra kyrkogården in Gothenburg.
References
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1821 births
1900 deaths
People from Ekerö Municipality
Uppsala University alumni
Swedish newspaper publishers (people)
Members of the Första kammaren
Members of the Andra kammaren
19th-century Swedish journalists
Male journalists
19th-century male writers
Members of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg