Ture Nerman

Swedish socialist

Ture Nerman (18 May 1886, in Norrköping – 7 October 1969) was a Swedish socialist.As a journalist and author, he was a well-known political activist in his time.

He also wrote poems and songs.Nerman was a vegetarian and a strict teetotaler.Alcoholism was a major social problem in Sweden in the early 20th century, and Nerman considered alcohol to be a drug that made the working class passive instead of fighting for better conditions.

Ture Nerman had younger twin brothers, the artist Einar Nerman and the archeologist Birger Nerman.