Ture Nerman

Ture Nerman (1886 ? 1969) was a Swedish Communist politician, and as a journalist and author, he was one of the most well-known political activists in his time. He also wrote poems and songs.

Background

Nerman grew up in a middle class family in the working-class, industrial city of Norrköping. His father owned a bookstore in the city and had married a many years younger employee, who became the mother of Ture and his two younger twin brothers.

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Working-class - Norrköping

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Nerman graduated from the Norrköping gymnasium (secondary school) in 1903 at the age of 17, and on the graduation day he took his school bible and tossed it in the Motala ström river. In his autobiography, Nerman describes this as his first revolutionary action. Some years later when he was asked by Hjalmar Branting what had made him a socialist, Nerman answered that it had been the questioning of religion.

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Gymnasium - 1903 - Bible - Motala ström - Hjalmar Branting

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After graduation he moved to Uppsala to study at the University.

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Uppsala - University

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