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Karl Staaff | |
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Prime Minister of Sweden | |
In office 7 October 1911 – 17 February 1914[1][2] | |
Monarch | Gustaf V |
Preceded by | Arvid Lindman |
Succeeded by | Hjalmar Hammarskjöld |
In office 7 November 1905 – 29 May 1906[1][2] | |
Monarch | Oscar II |
Preceded by | Christian Lundeberg |
Succeeded by | Arvid Lindman |
Personal details | |
Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 21 January 1860
Died | 4 October 1915 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 55)
Political party | Free-minded National Association[3] |
Spouse | None |
Karl Albert Staaff (21 January 1860 – 4 October 1915) was a Swedish liberal politician and lawyer who served as the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1905 to 1906 and again from 1911 to 1914.[4] He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party from 1907 to 1915.[citation needed] He was Sweden's first liberal prime minister,[5] as well as its last prime minister whose governance was ended by a lack of monarchical support.[6]