Anders Örne (1881–1956) was a Swedish politician who served as the minister of communications (transport) between 1921 and 1923. He also headed the Cooperative Society and Post Office Administration. In addition, he was a member of the

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Biography

Örne was born in 1881. He received a bachelor's degree from

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. As of 1911 he was the editor of ''Kooperatören'', a magazine published by the Swedish Cooperative Society. Later Örne became the secretary general of the Swedish Cooperative Society, and in 1918 he translated a document of the weavers cooperative in

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which was the first

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to lay the foundations of these organizations in Sweden. The document included a number of principles of operating cooperatives, and Örne employed the seventh principle as the basis of the organization of the Swedish cooperatives with some adaptations. While serving in this post he was appointed minister of communications (transport) to the

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led by

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in 1921. He was also a member of the

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for the Social Democratic Party between 1919 and 1934. Then he served as the general director of the Post Office Administration in the period 1926–1946. Örne was the author of various books mostly on cooperatives and advocated the idea of dual nationalism in his books which refers to the focus on individual countries in the Nordic region and also, on their common cultures and goals. One of his books on cooperatives was translated into English in 1926. He died in 1956.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orne, Anders 20th-century Swedish politicians 20th-century Swedish writers 1881 births 1956 deaths Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Swedish Ministers for Communications Uppsala University alumni Swedish magazine editors