Claes Tholin

Claes Emil Tholin ( born October 22, 1860 in Södra Säm, Älvsborgs County, † 1927) was a Swedish politician and from 1896 to 1907 the first chairman of the Swedish Social Democrats.

Tholin learned at the age of 10 years, the profession of a tailor. From 1880 he lived in Copenhagen and arrived there first with trade union and socialist ideas in contact. He became a member of the Schneider trade union and socialist youth clubs " Karl -Marx- Club". He returned back to Sweden in 1890 and participated in the construction of the Swedish Social Democrats.

  • Reichstag (Sweden)
  • Sveriges - socialdemokratiska - arbetareparti Member
  • Swede
  • Born in 1860
  • Died in 1927
  • Man
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