Valdemar Langlet

He was the son of architect Emil Victor Langlet and his wife author Clara Mathilda Ulrika Clementine Söderén (1832-1904).

[1] [2] After his student years (in Germany, Austria and Switzerland) he worked as an engineer, and later journalist and editor of many Swedish newspapers (among others, Svensk Handelstidning and Svenska Dagbladet).

In 1944, when World War II became more and more dangerous for the life of Hungarians, Langlet still worked at the university and the embassy.

Together with his wife Nina, he initiated humanitarian work under the protection of the Swedish Red Cross.

Many locations, both in Budapest and the surrounding areas, they arranged for orphanages and safehouses for older people.

By means of official actions of the Swedish Embassy, he could help some people which had some kind of relation to Sweden.

Although he did not have the right to act without sanction of the Swedish authorities in Stockholm, he set up a special protective unit of the embassy, and afterward in his home office.