Died 1925-02-24.
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Hjalmar Branting
Karl Hjalmar Branting was a Swedish statesman and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Sweden on three occasions from 1920 to 1925. From 1907 until his death in 1925, Branting led the Social Democratic Party (SAP), playing a major role in advocating universal suffrage, an eight-hour workday, and other labor rights. He was also instrumental in foreign policy, including his support for the Leagu…
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Born 23 November 1860 · Died 24 February 1925 · Q53620
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1925· 2 entries
Branting led the Social Democratic Party (SAP), playing a major role in advocating universal suffrage, an eight-hour workday, and other labor rights
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1924· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Sweden (1924–1925).
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1921· 6 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1921).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Sweden (1921–1923).
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Career landmark: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1921–1923).
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For his work in the League of Nations, sharing the prize with the Norwegian Christian Lous Lange
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Branting shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Norwegian secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Christian Lous Lange
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1920· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Sweden (1920–1920).
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1917· 1 entry
Career landmark: Sweden's Minister for Finance (1917–1918).
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1908· 2 entries
Career landmark: party leader (1908–1925).
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Branting established a monthly theoretical political journal entitled Tiden which is still in publication
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1905· 1 entry
Coined the slogan "Hands off Norway, King
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1897· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Second Chamber (1897–1925).
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1886· 1 entry
Career landmark: editor-in-chief (1886–1908).
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1884· 1 entry
And began editing the newspapers Tiden and Social-Demokraten
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1877· 1 entry
Studied at Uppsala University (1877).
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1860· 1 entry
Born 1860-11-23.
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