Per Sundberg
Swedish peace activist
About Per Sundberg
Lived 1889 – 1947 (aged 58).
Per Sundberg (11 October 1889 – 16 November 1947) was a Swedish educator and peace activist.
Life Sundberg was an important educator in Sweden from the 1920s on. In 1927, together with architect Carl Malmsten he founded Olofskolan in Stockholm. In 1928 he founded the boarding school Viggbyholmsskolan in Täby, which was dedicated to progressive education. It was the first mixed boarding school in Sweden.
He was a Quaker and was a peace activist. Already in 1933 Sundberg supported refugees from Nazi Germany by accommodating them in the boarding school. In 1936, he started a Quaker committee for supporting German refugees in which he was engaged in until his death. In 1943 he was involved in starting the Swedish branch of Service Civil International, Internationella Arbetslag.
The writer Gunnar Sundberg (1922–2005) is his son.
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Who was Per Sundberg?
Swedish peace activist
When was Per Sundberg born?
Per Sundberg was born on 11 October 1889 in Stockholm.
When did Per Sundberg die?
Per Sundberg died on 16 November 1947.
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