Einar Texas Ljungberg

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Texas (left) with Per Wästberg.

Einar "Texas" Ljungberg (26 August 1880 - 6 December 1974) was a Swedish Socialist politician.

Einar Ljunberg joined the

Swedish Monarchy and arguing for its replacement with a democratic republic.[1]

After his release from prison, Ljungberg traveled to America and toured the United States speaking about socialism to Scandinavian immigrants there.[1] Upon his return to Sweden, he was given the nickname "Texas" by his comrades.

Einar "Texas" Ljungberg was part of the

Comintern (in Moscow
, 1921).

After the rise of Stalinism in the Soviet Union, he left the Communist Party and returned to the Social Democratic Party.

References

  1. ^ a b G F Einar ("Texas") Ljungberg, https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/10788, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (article by Sven Erik Täckmark), retrieved 2024-02-29.
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