Nils Elowsson

Elowsson began his career as a journalist in 1917, and eventually became the editor of the Swedish newspaper Läns-Demokraten in 1932. The newspaper was closed down in 1957.^[2] He was a party member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and a member of the Riksdag 1940–1963 (24 years).^[3] Aged 89 he became the author of a book called Det var på snapphanens tid.^[4] At the time of his death, four days after his 109th birthday, he was the oldest living man in Sweden.^[5]