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Karl Staaff

Swedish 20th century prime minister (1860-1915)

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Born
January 21, 1860
Died
October 4, 1915
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1860

About Karl Staaff

Karl Albert Staaff 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. He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party from 1907 to 1915. He was Sweden's first liberal prime minister, as well as its last prime minister whose governance was ended by a lack of monarchical support. Due to conservative intervention, Staaff's proposal for first-past-the-post voting was ultimately scrapped for a proportional system. Staaff ran into sharp conflict with the arch-conservatives, and became a hated figure in the conservative, pro-monarchic and anti-democratic establishment.

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The world when Karl Staaff was born

Karl Staaff was born in 1860. 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 headlineAbraham Lincoln elected — South Carolina secedes
  • Technology milestonePony Express mail service begins
  • World population~1.4B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Buchanan
  • U.S. population31.4M

1860 versus 2026

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Measure18602026
Population31.4M341 million

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