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Alva Myrdal
Alva Myrdal was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician. She was a prominent leader of the disarmament movement. She, along with Alfonso García Robles, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. She married Gunnar Myrdal in 1924; he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974, making them the fourth ever married couple to have won Nobel Prizes, and the first to win independe…
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culture · Swedish sociologist and politician (1902–1986) · diplomat · politician · sociologist · writer · ambassador · university teacher · social reformer · journalist · also Alva Myrdal, Myrdal
Born 31 January 1902 · Died 1 February 1986 · Q152437
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1986· 1 entry
Died 1986-02-01.
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1983· 1 entry
Myrdal effectively ended the heated controversy over the future of Adolf Fredrik's Music School, "The AF-fight" (Swedish: AF-striden)
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1982· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their work for disarmament and nuclear and weapon-free zones.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1982).
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Awarded People's Peace Prize (1982).
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Albert Einstein Peace Prize (1980).
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Monismanien Prize (1976).
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded The KTH Great Prize (1975).
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1974· 1 entry
Making them the fourth ever married couple to have won Nobel Prizes, and the first to win independent of each other (versus a shared Nobel Prize by scientist spouses)
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Wateler Peace Prize (1973).
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (1970).
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1969· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister for Church Affairs (1969–1973).
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1967· 1 entry
Was also named consultative Cabinet minister for disarmament, an office she held until 1973
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1962· 2 entries
Myrdal was elected to the Riksdag, and in 1962 she was sent as the Swedish delegate to the UN disarmament conference in Geneva, a role she kept until 1973
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Career landmark: member of the First Chamber (1962–1970).
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1960· 2 entries
Career landmark: ambassador of Sweden to Nepal (1960–1961).
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Career landmark: ambassador of Sweden to Sri Lanka (1960–1961).
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1956· 1 entry
Co-wrote the book Women's Two Roles: Home and Work, supported by the International Federation of University Women "to make an international survey of the needs for social reforms if women are to be put into a positi
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1955· 2 entries
Career landmark: ambassador of Sweden to India (1955–1961).
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Career landmark: ambassador of Sweden to Burma (1955–1959).
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1938· 1 entry
Alva and Gunnar Myrdal moved to the United States
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1937· 2 entries
With an eye towards developing more domestic liberty for women
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To increase women's political representation
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1929· 1 entry
Myrdal and her husband Gunnar Myrdal had the opportunity to travel to the US as Rockefeller Fellows
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1924· 1 entry
Married Professor Gunnar Myrdal
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1902· 1 entry
Born 1902-01-31.
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