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THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
Swedish Demos
Retain Power
STOCKHOLM. Sept. 20.-—The
Social Democrats (Socialists) won
112 of the 230 seats in the lower
house of Sweden‘s parliament Sun
day, maintaining their position as
the nation‘s leading party._
Preliminary final returns showed
today the Liberal Party had cap
tured 57 seats. a gain of 31, and
emerged as a strong opposition to
the Socialists who have been in
power 16 years.
- The Socialists lost three seats.
This took from them absolute con
trol of parliament in which they
had held precisely half the posi
tions.
Conservative Party
Heaviest Loser
The heaviest loser was the Con
servative Party, which plummeted
from 39 to 22 seats. a loss of 17.
Communists dropped six and
held nine of. their 15 places.
The Agrarians won 30 seats
compared to 35 they gained in the
last election in 1944.
“The tendency is toward two
main parties as in England, one
in power and one in opposition,"
Premier Tage Erlander said just
before‘ the final returns were in.
“Lines will be clearer this way."
The preliminary final returns
showed this:
Seats Seats
Social Democrats 112 115
Liberals 57 26
Agrarians 30 35
Conservatives 22 39
Communists 9 15
Prof. Bertil Ohlin and his Lib-
eral Party was by far the largest
gainer in both seats and in popu
lar vote.
Form Election Bloc
To Contest Socialists
The Liberals, Conservatives and
Agrarians had formed an election
bloc held by Ohlin to contest the
Scclalist rule.
First returns, largely from
Stockholm, posed a distinct threat
to the governing party.
The first complete returns from
240 of the 246"Stockholm election
districts gave the bloc 209,000
‘votes to 155,000 for the Social
§Democrats and 39,000 for the Com
{munists
Returns from the provinces.
however, slowly erased the early
opposition lead. The Social Demo
crats won more support outside
Stockholm than they had in 1944.
It was Sweden's first election
since the war.
Successful Air Show
OSLO.—-Climaxing a full week
of demonstrations. exhibits. and
public lectures, some 30.000 Oslo
ites gathered at Fornebu Airport
on Sunday, Sept. 12th to witness
that country's greatest air show.
The “Air Week" sponsored by
the Norwegian Aero Club had
earlier offered an exhibit of var
ious plane types~~ from the Nor
way-built “Start," which flew in
1912. to the latvst jet—powered
Vampire pursuits. recently ad
ded to the Royal Norwegian Air
Force.
Present for the final show was
8. formation of U. S. Super Fort
resses which had flown up from
Germany. Formation flying dem
onstrations by Norwegian Air
Force planes. mock attacks. and
a variety of stunt exhibitions
completed a most successful pro
gram to acquaint Norwegians
with more recent advances in the
air world.
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Back In the U.S.A.
The Swedish American liner
“Gripsholm” which arrived in New
York September 7. brought the
wife of the Finnish minister in
Sweden. Mme. Marguerite de Grip
enherg. back from Sweden. where
she arranged the wedding of her
daughter.
Axel Gjiires, Minister
Of Commerce, Resigns
’ STOCKHOLM. Sept. 23. (By
wireless) w Axel dores, Minister
01‘ Commerce in the Tage Erlander
Social-Democratic cabinet since
April 8. 1947. has asked King Gus
taf to be relieved of his duties, and
iHis Majejst'y has announced that
[he will grant Mr. Gjtires‘ request.
lHe will resigmat the Cabinet meet
1ing September 24, and will be suc-
Iceeded by John Ericsson‘ Minister
‘without Portfolio since July 31.
1 1945. Mr. Ericsson, a former tex
tile worker who has been a mem
ber of the Second Chamber of
the Riksdag since 1937. in addition
[to his new duties will continue to
handle matters pertaining to- the
1fuel supply and the export of wood
‘pulp.
The Prime Minister has held a
conference with Gunnar Hedlund,
vice chairman of the Farmers' Un
ion. indicating that his party may
seek a closer connection with the
Union. This impression has been
strengthened by a statement by
Mr. Erlander in the Liberal Dag
ens Nyheter in which he said that
it would be senseless at this time
to appoint a Social-Democrat to
succeed Mr. Ericsson. only to have
him supplanted later on by a mem
ber of the agricultural party.
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tion-wide dental care for all was
made law by the Riksdag in 1938.‘
and 320 central and regional don-l
tal polyclinics are now in opera-i
tion. Including dental inspecto-rsi
in the schools.,550 dentists, 100 of?
which are foreigners. are occupied‘
in the dental service. i
In order to alleviate the lack ofl
skilled personnel. additional facili—‘_
ties for the training of dentists.i
dental technicians and nurses are:
being provided. The new Acad-l
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Institutes for dental mechanics‘
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materials testing station and a}
central laboratory for dental me-l
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large cities the organization of 113- ;
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Sweden Ends Wood
Pulp Export Fee
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 11. ~— (By?
wireleless)——’I‘he Swedish Govern
ment on September 10 decided to
remove the so-called “business
cycle equalization charge" of $12.50
levied on each short ton of chem-L
ical wood pulp exported from‘
Sweden. This fee was added by
the government in 1947 after an}
agreement with the wood pulp in-{
dustry. The step was taken as a;
means of fighting inflation; by im-9
posing this charge it was hoped;
that the high pulp prices prevail-3
ing in the world market would not"
apply also to the Swedish domestitl
market. Half of the fee was set;
aside for a so-called “business;
cycle equalization fund," which by
1951 must be paid back to the pulpé
producers; the other half is to be‘
used for social welfare causeSiI‘
among the workers. After the ex-i
port tax was introduced. pulpl
prices in the United States andl
Canada decreased, and this year“
the export of Swedish pulp to
America has fallen off materially..
.The Swedish export has instead
ibeen concentrated on’ soft cur-‘
‘rency countries. In view of this.
situation. the Government abolish-j
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steadily increasing interest in Swe
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to study its development. The Bu
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Medical Board was recently vis—
ited by representatives of South
Africa. Norway, Canada and Ar
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Swedish-American
Donates Rembrandt
Art To Stockholm
STOCKHOLM. Sept. 11. ~— (By
Airmailinhe canvas that stood
on the easel in Rembrandt‘s studio
when he died. a painting of “Christ
in the Temple." has been donated
to the Swedish Government by
Nils Hersloff. of Stockbridg‘e, Mass.
Mr. Hersloff. who some years ago
retired from the oil business. is a
native of Sweden and came to the
United States in the 1890's.
In an interview with Svenska
Dagbladet he stated that he had
made this donation to the National
Museum in Stockholm in appre—
ciation of “the many unforgettable
hours" he has spent in the gallery.
both as a young man and later on
frequent visits to Sweden. Valued
at half a million kronor 1about
$140,000). the canvas was shipped
to Sweden September 10 on the
M. S. “Gripsholm” of the Swedish
American Line. It will make a
valuable addition to the Museum's
Rembrandt collection. now number
ing eight paintings and engravings.
Large medical convoys left
Copenhagen, Denmark. on Sept. 1.
for Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia
as part of the world-wide drive
conducted by the United Nations
Children’s Emergency Fund under
the direction of the Danish Red
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