585 Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman

Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman
Prime Minister of Sweden, Counter admiral

✶ 19 September 1862 at Österby, Films parish
✟ 9 December 1936 at Croydon Airport (Surrey), England

Appointed

The Royal Palace of Stockholm 16 June 16 June 1908

motto

I arbete för fosterlandet (In work for the fatherland)

shield

Painted 1916 by David Friefeldt. Date of death added 1937 by the same artist.

other awards

Knight of the Order of Vasa 1897
Knight of the Order of the Polar Star 1902
Commander of the Order of the Sword (1st class) 1905
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star 1906
King Oscar II and Queen Sofia’s Golden Wedding Medal 1907
Knight of the Order of Carl XIII 1917

Biography

Minister and Head of Swedish Maritime Administration 1905
Prime Minister 1906-1911
Counter admiral 1907
Minister for Foreign Affairs 1917
Member of the first chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1905-1911
Member of the second chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1912-1935
Received the order at King Gustaf V’s 50th birthday.

Placement