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Sonja Branting-Westerståhl

Sonja Branting-Westerståhl, Swedish lawyer (died 1981)

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Born
September 15, 1890
Died
July 18, 1981
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1890

About Sonja Branting-Westerståhl

Sonja Branting-Westerståhl was a Swedish lawyer and politician. She was one of the first female lawyers in Sweden and specialised in matrimonial law. A social democrat, she was active in raising awareness of the rise of far-right politics in 1930s and 1940s. During the Spanish Civil War, she travelled to France and Africa and inspected refugee camps, and campaigned on against the suffering she saw. In 1948, she served in the lower house of the Riksdag, the Swedish Parliament, for a short period.

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Sonja Branting-Westerståhl timeline

  1. Born: September 15, 1890
  2. Died: July 18, 1981

The world when Sonja Branting-Westerståhl was born

Sonja Branting-Westerståhl was born in 1890. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWounded Knee Massacre — last major conflict with Native Americans
  • Technology milestoneElectric chair used for first execution
  • Notable inventionElectric chair
  • World population~1.5B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population63.0M

1890 versus 2026

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Measure18902026
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population63.0M341 million

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