Andres Küng
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Andres Küng was a Swedish
Sweden
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 journalist
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, writer
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, entrepreneur
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 and politician
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 of Estonia
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n origin. He was born in Ockelbo
Ockelbo
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 in Gävleborg County
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 to a family of refugees from Soviet occupied Estonia
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Literature

As he himself noted, Küng "published more than 50 books, most on the Baltic States
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, thousands of articles and held innumerable lectures on why Estonia
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, Latvia
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 and Lithuania
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 should (and would) become independent again."

Politics

Küng was active in both Swedish politics (member of the People's Party - Liberals
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) and Baltic émigré activities. He was the chairman of the Liberal Students Club of Stockholm between 1966 and 67. Later, he served as the Deputy Board member of the People's Party Youth League. During 1970-71, he was the acting Deputy member 1982 of Riksdag
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. Küng also participated in the Estonian Liberal Party in exile and several other organisations and campaigns for Baltic struggle for independence.. He was a member of the party board for the Swedish Liberal Party from 1982 until 1991.

Noted awards

In November, 1998, Andres Küng was awarded the Latvian Order of the Three Stars
Order of the Three Stars
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 by the Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis
Guntis Ulmanis
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. In February, 1999, he was awarded the Estonian Order of the White Star
Order of the White Star
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 by the Estonian President Lennart Meri
Lennart Meri
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