Peasant armament support march
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Peasant armament support march of 1914 was a manifestation primarily by Swedish farmers held on February 6th 1914 in Stockholm. It resulted in a constitutional crisis triggered by the court yard speech
held by king Gustav V
to the marchers at the royal palace
.
, also participated in the preparation of the march by writing the court yard speech
.
Court yard speech
The court yard speech was a speech written by conservative explorer Sven Hedin and senior general Carl Bennedich and delivered by king Gustav V to the participants of the Peasant armament support march...
held by king Gustav V
Gustaf V of Sweden
Gustaf V was King of Sweden from 1907. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg...
to the marchers at the royal palace
Stockholm Palace
The Stockholm Palace is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. . Stockholm Palace is located on Stadsholmen , in Gamla Stan in the capital, Stockholm...
.
Context
The support march was a conservative response to the defense policies of the Swedish Liberal Prime Minister Karl Staaff. As the tension of the armaments race preceding the first world war grew stronger, Staaff's decision to slow down Swedish armament was met with great discontentment by the Swedish conservatives.Organization
The initiative of the march came from land owner Uno Nyberg, and the organization of housing and otherwise for the Swedish farmers that travelled to Stockholm for the march was carried out by grocery store owner J. E. Frykberg. Though called “the farmers' march” in Swedish, participants came from a wider range of conservatives. The conservative explorer and writer Sven HedinSven Hedin
Sven Anders Hedin KNO1kl RVO was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, and travel writer, as well as an illustrator of his own works...
, also participated in the preparation of the march by writing the court yard speech
Court yard speech
The court yard speech was a speech written by conservative explorer Sven Hedin and senior general Carl Bennedich and delivered by king Gustav V to the participants of the Peasant armament support march...
.