# Torgil von Seth

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Swedish politician

Torgil von Seth Chairman of the Young Swedes In office 1934–1941 Personal details Born 3 October 1895 Died 21 January 1989(1989-01-21) (aged 93)

[Count](/source/Count) **Torgil Gabriel Alexander von Seth** (3 October 1895 in [Jönköping](/source/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping) – 21 January 1989 in [Vaggeryd](/source/Vaggeryd)) was a [Swedish](/source/Sweden)[1] [right-wing](/source/Right-wing) politician and the first chairman of what later became the [Moderate Youth League](/source/Moderate_Youth_League).

The early 1930s saw conflict within the Swedish right wing over how to address [nazism](/source/Nazism). In 1934, [Arvid Lindman](/source/Arvid_Lindman), the leader of the [Moderate Party](/source/General_Electoral_Union), declared that the [National Youth League of Sweden](/source/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](/source/Finland) after having been invaded by the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union).

He was honorary guest at the congress of the Moderate Youth League when [Beatrice Ask](/source/Beatrice_Ask) was elected in 1984.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *EB-nytt: nyheter från Riksarkivets byrå för enskilda arkiv* (in Swedish), Riksarkivet, 1999, p. 39

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