Harald Sohlman

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Harald Sohlman
Born(1858-01-24)January 24, 1858
Hovförsamlingen, Stockholm
Died(1927-05-01)May 1, 1927
Kungsholms församling, Stockholm
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Journalist
Newspaper editor
Known forEditor of Aftonbladet
Harald Sohlman's grave at Huddinge cemetery

Harald Sohlman, (born January 24, 1868, in the Court parish, Stockholm, died on May 1, 1927, in Kungsholms parish, Stockholm),[1] was a Swedish publisher.

Newspaperman

He was the son of the editor

Uppsala university. There, he became known as a liberal, for example by being one of the founders of the student fraternity Verdandi. In 1886 he was acting notary at Stockholm City Court and in 1889 at Svea Court of Appeal
. Between 1889 and 1890, he gave lectures on law at Stockholm workers' association.

In 1886, Sohlman started working at

Dagen (1896-1920). In 1907, the ownership of Aftonbladet transitioned from the married couple Gustaf Retzius and Anna Hierta-Retzius to the brothers Harald and Arvid Sohlman. Harald promised Retzius that he would work for the good of the motherland and against socialism.[2]
From 1907, he was chairman of the Swedish telegraph agency; he was also chairman of the Publicists' club (Swedish: Publicistklubben) for many years.

He turned Aftonbladet into one of the biggest liberal papers during the tail end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. Between 1892 and 1905, he was the chairman of the Association against food tariffs. (During the tariff disputes, he was a fierce opponent to the protectionists.) Aftonbladet was seen as a political outlet for

proportional electoral system, while majority voting in single mandate constituencies was the official party line for the liberal party leadership. After the return of Staaff in 1911, and under the influence by the Courtyard Crisis
in the spring of 1914, he left the National liberal association and supported the political right from then on.

Sohlman was the chairman of the Stockholm shooting federation between 1907 and 1916 and vice chairman of Stockholm's militia federation between 1912 and 1926. In 1912, he initiated the Nordic capital cities' shooting competitions.[4]

In 1915, during the

K. A. Wallenberg and Torvald Höjer, head of the foreign ministry's press agency, contacted Sohlman among others with criticism that blamed Russia and the tsar for starting the war.[5] During Sohlman's time at the paper, it was also a body for pro-Finnish forces starting with the period of Russification of Finland. He was awarded the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 2nd class, in 1918.[6] In 1921, Aftonbladet and Dagen returned to Swedish ownership.[7]

As of 1917, he was married to Magda Leidesdorff, in her second marriage.

Ironically, he died on May 1 after falling down from his fourth-floor balcony,[8] on International Workers' Day. His grave can be found in Huddinge graveyard southwest of Stockholm.

Erik Palmstierna describes him: ”Sohlman appeared to have been forgotten since the 60s. A true patriot and guild brother, lover of shooting, and everything that the worker meant with the term 'Philistine', but a great and harmless man of honor.” –Palmstierna, 1950

References

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  1. ^ Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009, DVD-ROM, Version 5.00, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2010).
  2. ^ Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 32. Stockholm 2003–2006, s. 625
  3. ^ Den svenska pressens historia, III. Det moderna Sveriges spegel (1897–1945). Red: Karl Erik Gustafsson & Per Rydén. Ekerlids förlag: Stockholm 2001, 50f
  4. ^ Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 32. Stockholm 2003–2006, s. 627
  5. ^ Den svenska pressens historia, III. Det moderna Sveriges spegel (1897–1945). Red: Karl Erik Gustafsson & Per Rydén. Ekerlids förlag: Stockholm 2001, 124
  6. ^ Aftonbladet 28/9 1918
  7. ^ Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 32. Stockholm 2003–2006, s. 626
  8. ^ Svenska Dagbladets årsbok : 1927, red. Erik Rudberg & Edvin Hellblom, Stockholm 1928, s. 14
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