Alva Myrdal

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Alva Myrdal
Myrdal in 1968
Born	Alva Reimer (1902-01-31)31 January 1902 Uppsala, Sweden
Died	1 February 1986(1986-02-01) (aged 84) Danderyd, Sweden
Occupation(s)	Politician, sociologist, diplomat
Spouse	Gunnar Myrdal ​ (m. 1924)​
Children	3, including Jan Myrdal and Sissela Bok
Relatives	Hilary Bok (granddaughter), Stefan Fölster (grandson)

Alva Myrdal (/ˈmɜːrdɑːl, ˈmɪər-/ MUR-dahl, MEER-, Swedish: [ˈǎlːva ˈmy̌ːɖɑːl]; née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish^[1] sociologist, diplomat and politician. She was a prominent leader of the disarmament movement. She, along with Alfonso García Robles, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. She married Gunnar Myrdal in 1924; he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974, making them the fourth ever married couple to have won Nobel Prizes, and the first to win independent of each other (versus a shared Nobel Prize by scientist spouses).