Ludvig Almqvist, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden
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About Ludvig Almqvist
- Ludvig Teodor Almqvist (4 January 1818 in Gränna, Sweden – August 26, 1884 on the island of Selaön), a Swedish politician, was the son of Sven Johan Almqvist, vicar and priest. He served as the Minister of Public Administration in Louis De Geer’s first cabinet (1856–1860).
- In 1867, he was elected to be first deputy speaker of the Upper House of the Swedish Parliament.
- On November 2, 1860, he took his place as member of the Supreme Court of Sweden.
- In 1867, he became Chief Justice of the Svea Court of Appeal; in 1870, he became a member of the Supreme Court of Sweden again.
- Almqvist served as Minister for Justice in Louis De Geer’s second cabinet (1879–1880). He was made Knight of the Order of the Seraphim in 1882.
- On August 26, 1884 he died at the Algö Estate on Selaön. Ludvig married Sophie Antoinette Eugenie Björkman in 1851.
- Their daughter, Carolina "Lina" Almqvist, married Erik Gustaf Boström, who went on to become Prime Minister of Sweden.
- Ludvig's brother, Johan Magnus Almqvist, was a theologian and politician, who served as a member of Parliament for the clergy and so on.
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