Ivar Teodor Vennerström (1881 - 1945) was a Swedish

Sweden

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 Social Democratic politician, member of the Riksdag

Parliament of Sweden

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 1915 - 1936. Vennerström joined the left opposition of the Swedish Social Democratic Party

Swedish Social Democratic Party

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 in the split of 1917, and initially supported the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. But Vennerström opposed the Twenty-one Conditions

Twenty-one Conditions

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 of the Communist International and left the Left Party in 1921 as it became the Communist Party of Sweden. Vennerström rejoined the Social Democratic Party in 1924 and he was made Minister for Defence

Swedish Minister for Defence

The Minister for Defence of Sweden , is a member of the Government of Sweden , heads the Ministry for Defence, and is appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden....

 1932 - 1936.