Alva Myrdal

Alva Myrdal

(1902–1986) diplomat Sweden

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[Wikidata] Swedish sociologist and politician (1902-1986)... | [Wikipedia] 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,

About 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 independent of each other.

Notable works:

Nation and family: the Swedish experiment in democratic family and population policy

Awards:

Nobel Peace Prize|Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association|Monismanien Prize|Albert Einstein Peace Prize|Wateler Peace Prize|Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding|The KTH Great Prize|People's Peace Prize|honorary doctor of Brandeis University

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