{{Short description|Swedish politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder|image=File:Torgil_von_Seth_SPA10_(cropped).jpg|birth_date=3 October 1895|death_date={{d-da|21 January 1989|3 October 1895}}|office=Chairman of the [[Moderate Youth League|Young Swedes]]|term_start=1934|term_end=1941}} [[Count]] '''Torgil Gabriel Alexander von Seth''' (3 October 1895 in [[Jönköping]] – 21 January 1989 in [[Vaggeryd]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]]<ref>{{Citation|title=EB-nytt: nyheter från Riksarkivets byrå för enskilda arkiv|page=39|date=1999|publisher=Riksarkivet|language=Swedish}}</ref> [[right-wing]] politician and the first chairman of what later became the [[Moderate Youth League]].
The early 1930s saw conflict within the Swedish right wing over how to address [[nazism]]. In 1934, [[Arvid Lindman]], the leader of the [[General Electoral Union|Moderate Party]], declared that the [[National Youth League of Sweden]] (''Sveriges nationella ungdomsförbund'', SNU) no longer was considered the official youth organisation of the Swedish right due to its pro-Nazi stance. Torgil von Seth, one of the leaders of the democratic wing of SNU, quickly organised a committee to set up a new youth organisation. It was named the Young Swedes (''Ungsvenskarna'') and von Seth became its first chairman. He served until 1941, a period which among other things saw the Young Swedes involving itself in the nationwide efforts to help [[Finland]] after having been invaded by the [[Soviet Union]].
He was honorary guest at the congress of the Moderate Youth League when [[Beatrice Ask]] was elected in 1984.
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