Alva Myrdal
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Alva Myrdal was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat, and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 for her work on nuclear disarmament.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alva Myrdal canonical | 8 |
| Alva Myrdal: A Daughter’s Memoir | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T833952 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alva Myrdal Context triple: [Norra begravningsplatsen, significantPlaceOfBurialFor, Alva Myrdal]
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A.
Gunnar Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish economist and sociologist renowned for his work on the welfare state, economic theory, and race relations, and for being a co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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B.
Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
Magda Elizabeth Polanyi is the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning chemist John Polanyi, belonging to the prominent Polanyi family known for its contributions to science and philosophy.
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C.
Margit von Mises
Margit von Mises was an Austrian-American actress and author best known for her memoirs and for preserving and promoting the intellectual legacy of her husband, economist Ludwig von Mises.
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D.
Nicholas Kaldor
Nicholas Kaldor was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian-British economist known for his influential contributions to growth theory, distribution, and economic policy, particularly within the post-Keynesian tradition.
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E.
Anna Schwartz
Anna Schwartz was an American economist and monetary historian best known for her influential collaboration with Milton Friedman on "A Monetary History of the United States."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alva Myrdal Target entity description: Alva Myrdal was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat, and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 for her work on nuclear disarmament.
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A.
Gunnar Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish economist and sociologist renowned for his work on the welfare state, economic theory, and race relations, and for being a co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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B.
Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
Magda Elizabeth Polanyi is the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning chemist John Polanyi, belonging to the prominent Polanyi family known for its contributions to science and philosophy.
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C.
Margit von Mises
Margit von Mises was an Austrian-American actress and author best known for her memoirs and for preserving and promoting the intellectual legacy of her husband, economist Ludwig von Mises.
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D.
Nicholas Kaldor
Nicholas Kaldor was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian-British economist known for his influential contributions to growth theory, distribution, and economic policy, particularly within the post-Keynesian tradition.
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E.
Anna Schwartz
Anna Schwartz was an American economist and monetary historian best known for her influential collaboration with Milton Friedman on "A Monetary History of the United States."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
ⓘ
feminist ⓘ human ⓘ peace activist ⓘ politician ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lenin Peace Prize
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Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Sweden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-01-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1986-02-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stockholm University
ⓘ
Uppsala University ⓘ |
| employer | United Nations ⓘ |
| familyName |
Myrdal
ⓘ
linked to:
Gunnar Myrdal
|
| fieldOfWork |
disarmament
ⓘ
peace research ⓘ social policy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| givenName | Alva ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Swedish welfare state reforms
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work on nuclear disarmament ⓘ |
| languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
English
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Swedish Social Democratic Party ⓘ |
| movement |
peace movement
ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ |
| name | Alva Myrdal ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Peace ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Game of Disarmament ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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politician ⓘ sociologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Uppsala ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Stockholm ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the United Nations Department of Social Affairs
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Member of the Riksdag ⓘ Minister for Disarmament of Sweden ⓘ Swedish ambassador to India ⓘ head of the Swedish delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Alva Myrdal Description of subject: Alva Myrdal was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat, and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 for her work on nuclear disarmament.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.