Andres Küng (13 September 1945 – 10 December 2002) was a Swedish journalist, writer, entrepreneur and politician of Estonian origin. He was born in

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to a family of refugees from Soviet occupied Estonia.

Career

Literature

As he himself noted, Küng "published more than 50 books, most on the

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, thousands of articles and held innumerable lectures on why

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and

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should (and would) become independent again."

Politics

Küng was active in both Swedish politics (member of the People's Party – Liberals) and Estonian and Baltic émigré activities. He was the chairman of the Liberal Students Club of Stockholm between 1966 and 67. Later, he served as the Deputy Board member of the People's Party Youth League. During 1970–71, he was the acting Deputy member 1982 of

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. Küng also participated in the Estonian Liberal Party in exile and several other organisations and campaigns for Baltic struggle for independence. He was a member of the party board for the Swedish Liberal Party from 1982 until 1991.

Noted awards

In November 1998, Andres Küng was awarded the Latvian

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by the Latvian President

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. In February 1999, he was awarded the Estonian

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by the Estonian President

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.Andres Küng
Official biography.

Bibliography

* ''Estland - en studie i imperialism'', Aldus/Bonniers 1971 * ''Vad händer i Baltikum?'', Aldus/Bonniers, 1973 * ''Förlovat och forlorat land. Reportage från Palestina'', 1974 * ''Unelma vapaudesta, Passiivinen vastarinta nyky-Baltiassa'', 1979 *''Bruce Olson: Missionary or colonizer?'', 1981 *''Sådan är socialismen'', Timbro, 1982 *''Vindens barn: Om medlöperi förr och nu'', Timbro, 1983 *''A dream of freedom: Four decades of national survival versus Russian imperialism in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, 1940–1980'' *''Sverige och Estland: äntligen goda grannar?'', 1991 *''Kommunismen och Baltikum'', 1999 ("Communism and the Baltic States", see online https://web.archive.org/web/20060504183740/http://www.rel.ee/swe/kommunism_och_baltikum.htm) *''Communism and Crimes against Humanity in the Baltic states'', c 1999, refer https://web.archive.org/web/20140616162322/http://www.hot.ee/evlliit/okup_2.htm *''Ett liv för Baltikum : journalistiska memoarer.'' – Stockholm : Timbro, 2002. – 351 s. : ill. – (Estonian edition: Baltikumile elatud aastad : ajakirjaniku mälestused. – Tallinn, Olion, 2002.) For the complete list, se

References

External links

In Memory of Andres Küng's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kung, Andres 1945 births 2002 deaths People from Ockelbo Municipality Swedish people of Estonian descent 20th-century Swedish journalists Swedish male writers 20th-century Swedish businesspeople Liberals (Sweden) politicians Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class