Word: lindhagan
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Officiating Socialist. At the dais ordinarily occupied by the Throne stood that arch-Socialist Carl Lindhagan, Mayor of Stockholm, famous because he introduces before the Swedish Parliament every year a bill to abolish the Monarchy. He it was whom astute King Gustaf had chosen to perform the civil marriage of Astrid and Leopold. Hereafter when Mayor Lindhagan rises to present his bill there may well ensue jeers. Last week he testily remarked before the ceremony: "Of course I have no objection to uniting in marriage any two young people who appear to love each other." As the royal pair stood...
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