Folke Bernadotte

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Swedish diplomat United Nations official human nobleman

Folke Bernadotte was a Swedish diplomat and nobleman best known for negotiating the release of thousands of prisoners from Nazi concentration camps during World War II and later serving as the United Nations mediator in Palestine, where he was assassinated in 1948.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Folke Bernadotte canonical 2
Count Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg 1
Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Swedish diplomat ⓘ
United Nations official ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
appointedAs United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine ⓘ
surface form: UN Mediator in Palestine
appointedBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
appointmentDate 1948-05-20 ⓘ
assassinatedBy Lehi ⓘ
assassinatedIn Jerusalem ⓘ
birthCountry Sweden ⓘ
birthDate 1895-01-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Stockholm ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
citizenship Sweden ⓘ
countryRepresented Sweden ⓘ
deathDate 1948-09-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
deathTerritory Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
employer Swedish Red Cross ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Jean Baptiste Bernadotte ⓘ
surface form: Bernadotte
fieldOfWork conflict mediation ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
humanitarian aid ⓘ
fullName Folke Bernadotte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg
givenName Folke ⓘ
humanitarianOperation White Buses ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
marriageDate 1928-12-01 ⓘ
memberOf House of Bernadotte ⓘ
militaryConflictInvolved World War II ⓘ
negotiatedWith HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

Nazi German authorities ⓘ
nobleTitle Count of Wisborg ⓘ
notableFor United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine ⓘ
surface form: United Nations mediation in Palestine

negotiating release of prisoners from Nazi concentration camps ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
humanitarian ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
positionHeld United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Mediator in Palestine

Vice Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
rescuedPeopleFrom Nazi camp system ⓘ
surface form: Nazi concentration camps
rescuedPrisonersNumberApprox 31000 ⓘ
rescuedPrisonersType Jews ⓘ
Scandinavian prisoners ⓘ
concentration camp inmates ⓘ
political prisoners ⓘ
roleInWhiteBuses chief negotiator ⓘ
spouse Estelle Manville ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uppsala University → hasNotableAlumnus → Folke Bernadotte ⓘ
Folke Bernadotte → fullName → Folke Bernadotte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg
Stern Gang → notableOperationTarget → Folke Bernadotte ⓘ
Royal Cemetery, Haga → hasGraveOf → Folke Bernadotte ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg