Axel Danielsson (15 December 1863,

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– 30 December 1899, Elsterberg,

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) was a Swedish

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agitator, journalist and writer. He was a prominent leader of the early Swedish Social Democratic Party. Danielsson retranslated

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'' into Swedish in 1886. Danielsson faced legal charges of

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for a controversial article published in

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'': the legal process culminated in the conviction of both men. Imprisoned in 1888, Danielsson celebrated the event by composing a pamphlet on the

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while serving out his sentence. During his imprisonment, his paper was managed by his fiancée,

Elma Danielsson Elma Danielsson née Sundquist (1 March 1865, Falun - 8 February 1936, Lomma), was a Swedish journalist and politician (Social Democrat). She was a journalist and temporary editor of the social democratic paper ''Arbetet'' from 1887 onward, and h ...

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, Axel Danielsson
"The Labor Issue"
in ''

'', September 25, 1885 (at Marxists.org) 1863 births 1899 deaths Marxist journalists People convicted of blasphemy People from Arvika Municipality Swedish journalists Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians 19th-century journalists Male journalists 19th-century male writers {{Sweden-journalist-stub