Arvo Horm
{{Short description|Estonian politician, economist, and journalist (1913–1996)}}
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|birth_place = Vastseliina Manor, Võrumaa, Estonia
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|death_place = Ornö, Sweden
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|nationality = Estonian
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Arvo Horm (until 1935 Arnold Horn, October 8, 1913 – April 15, 1996) was an Estonian politician, economist, and journalist.
Early life and education
Arvo Horm was born Arnold Horn at Vastseliina Manor,{{cite web |title=Arvo Horm |url=http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/horm_arvo |website=Eesti Entsüklopeedia |publisher=Valgus Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus |access-date=January 21, 2025 |location=Tallinn}}{{cite book |last1=Uustalu |first1=Evald |title=Aspects of Estonian Culture |date=1961 |publisher=Boreas Publishing Co. |location=London |page=320}} the son of Peeter Horn (later Horm, 1874–1946) and Amalie (Maali) Horn (née Liiv, 1879–1954). He studied economics at the University of Tartu from 1934 to 1938 and graduated cum laude. He was a member of the {{ill|Põhjala Estonian Students' Society|et|EÜS Põhjala}}. He escaped to Sweden via Finland in 1943.{{cite news |title=Dictatorships Much Alike |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nebraska-union-farmer-arvo-horm-1913-19/163561874/ |work=Nebraska Union Farmer |date=April 26, 1944 |location=Omaha, NE |page=4 |access-date=January 21, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite news |title=Two 'Squares' in Sweden Lead Drive to Win Backers for U.S. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-arvo-horm-1913-1996/163562062/ |work=The Miami Herald |date=May 29, 1967 |location=Miami, FL |page=26 |access-date=January 21, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
Career
Horm served as the minister of economic affairs from March 1, 1963, to August 24, 1977, in the Estonian government-in-exile, after which he served as minister without portfolio. He was a member of the board of the {{ill|Estonian National Foundation|et|Eesti Rahvusfond}}, and he was the editor of the newspaper Teataja from 1971 to 1996. He was elected to the {{ill|Estonian Committee's Board of Deputies|et|Eesti Komitee Asemike Kogu}} in 1966, 1968, and 1970.
In 1967, the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda accused Holm of attending a CIA training school in the Netherlands and then recruiting Soviet tourists in Sweden for anti-Soviet activity.{{cite news |title=Russ Newspaper Says CIA Backs Anti-Reds |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-arvo-horm-1913-1996/163562774/ |work=Tulsa World |date=November 27, 1967 |location=Tulsa, OK |page=12 |access-date=January 21, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
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Category:Estonian male journalists
Category:20th-century Estonian politicians
Category:20th-century Estonian economists
Category:University of Tartu alumni
Category:Estonian anti-communists
Category:Estonian emigrants to Sweden