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Lars Johan Hierta

Swedish politician and journalist
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Jan. 23, 1801, Uppsala, Swed.
Died:
Nov. 20, 1872, Stockholm (aged 71)

Lars Johan Hierta (born Jan. 23, 1801, Uppsala, Swed.—died Nov. 20, 1872, Stockholm) was a journalist and politician who became a leading agitator for Swedish political and social reform. Hierta’s work as a clerk for the noble estate of the Riksdag (estates assembly) in the 1820s acquainted him with the operation of the increasingly conservative Swedish regime and made him its critic. He established the Aftonbladet (“Evening Press”) in 1830, remaining its owner-editor until 1851. Under him the newspaper gained a large and loyal following for its wide-ranging liberal opposition to the regime (causing conservatives to refer to Hierta as ...(100 of 203 words)

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