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What was the political views of Sven Hedin?
Sven Hedin was a monarchist.
Which Monarchs or politicians did Sven Hedin support ?
Sven Hedin wrote the Courtyard Speech, in which King Gustaf V promised to strengthen the country's defenses.
King Gustaf V was the king of which country ?
He holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden and the third-longest reigning after Magnus IV and Carl XVI Gustaf.
What was some of Sven Hedin's controversial political views ?
Sven Hedin viewed World War I as a struggle of the German race and took sides in books like Ein Volk in Waffen. Den deutschen Soldaten gewidmet.

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