Alva Myrdal

@Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Birthday and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Alva Myrdal was a Swedish politician, diplomat and sociologist, best remembered as the winner of 1982 Nobel Prize for Peace Nobel Peace Prize Swedish Sociologists Leaders Political Leaders Non-Fiction Writers Miscellaneous Aquarius Celebrities Alva Myrdal was a Swedish politician, diplomat and a sociologist, best remembered as the winner of 1982 Nobel Prize for Peace. She worked tirelessly to transform her country's social welfare system, as well as extended her efforts beyond Sweden to work for world peace. She combined together her profound commitment with great professional insight in her work towards disarmament and to end the propagation of nuclear weaponry in the second half of the twentieth century. Born to a middle class family, she was highly influenced by her parents and became motivated towards creating a better society from an early age. After becoming an educator, she made earnest efforts in order to make changes in her country's educational policies and she built a reputation for herself as an activist for women's rights. During the inter-war years, she devoted herself towards improving the conditions of the working class through the Social Democrat Party, and after the war she held prominent posts in the United Nations, dealing with the organization’s welfare policies. But her most remarkable contribution was her advocacy of world disarmament for which she received a Nobel Prize for Peace. As the representative of a non-aligned Sweden, she worked actively to persuade the superpowers to promote disarmament. She was a selfless promoter of world peace and dedicated all her life towards creating a better world for humanity.

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Birthday: January 31, 1902 Died on: February 1, 1986 Nationality: Swedish Famous: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Nobel Peace Prize, Sociologists, Leaders, Political Leaders, Non-Fiction Writers, Miscellaneous Spouses: Gunnar Myrdal Known as: Alva Reimer Myrdal Childrens: Jan Myrdal, Kaj Fölster, Sissela Bok Information Detail Birthday January 31, 1902 Died on February 1, 1986 Nationality Swedish Famous Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Nobel Peace Prize, Sociologists, Leaders, Political Leaders, Non-Fiction Writers, Miscellaneous Spouses Gunnar Myrdal Known as Alva Reimer Myrdal Childrens Jan Myrdal, Kaj Fölster, Sissela Bok Universities Uppsala University Stockholm University Birth Place Uppsala Gender Female Sun Sign Aquarius Born in Uppsala Famous as Nobel Peace Prize Winner Died at Age 84

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In 1924, she married Gunnar Myrdal, an economist and sociologist. The couple was blessed with three children; two daughters, Sissela Bok and Kaj Fölster and a son, Jan Myrdal. Unsplash Personal Life

On February 1, 1986 she died at the age of 84, in Ersta, Sweden. Her remains were buried at the Norra Begravningsplatsen, Stockholm, Sweden. Unsplash Personal Life

She was born on January 31, 1902 in Uppsala, Sweden to Albert Reimer, a building contractor and socialist, and his wife, Larsson Reimer. She was one of the five children in her middle class family. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She was a bright child and admired her father but had a strained relationship with her mother. Nonetheless, she acquired the will to contribute significantly towards the betterment of the society from both the parents. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After receiving her early education, she attended the University of Stockholm and obtained a Bachelor in Arts degree in Scandinavian languages and literature and the history of religion in 1924. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1929, she moved with her husband to United States and pursued her interest in education by studying the nation’s experimental schools. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1930-31, she returned to Sweden and got enrolled in the University of Geneva. Later, she transferred her credits to the University of Uppsala and earned a master’s degree in social psychology. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After completing her post-graduation, she established a preschool teacher’s training college, ‘The Social Pedagogical Institute’ and served as its director until 1948. Unsplash Career

In 1943, she was appointed on the Social Democrat Party’s committee with the task of drafting a post-war program. She was also appointed to the Government Commission on International Post-War Aid and Reconstruction, the same year. Unsplash Career

In 1949-50, she was appointed as the principal director of the ‘United Nations Department of Social Welfare’. Unsplash Career

From 1950 to 1955, she served as the chairman at the ‘Department of Social Sciences’ in UNESCO. Unsplash Career

From 1955 to 1961, she served as Sweden’s ambassador to India. Unsplash Career

Her most significant contribution was her persistent advocacy for disarmament to every nation in the world. She raised her voice and emerged as the leader of the group of non-aligned nations that strived to put pressure on the USA and USSR to show greater concern for concrete disarmament measures. Unsplash Major Works

Her 1976 non-fiction ‘The Game of Disarmament: How the United States and Russia Run the Arms Race’ is considered one of her notable literary works in the field of disarmament. It expresses her disappointment at the reluctance of the USA and the USSR to promote disarmament. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 31, 1902
Died on	February 1, 1986
Nationality	Swedish
Famous	Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Nobel Peace Prize, Sociologists, Leaders, Political Leaders, Non-Fiction Writers, Miscellaneous
Spouses	Gunnar Myrdal
Known as	Alva Reimer Myrdal
Childrens	Jan Myrdal, Kaj Fölster, Sissela Bok
Universities	Uppsala University Stockholm University
Birth Place	Uppsala
Gender	Female
Sun Sign	Aquarius
Born in	Uppsala
Famous as	Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Died at Age	84

Alva Myrdal

Swedish

Jan 31, 1902

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