Hjalmar Branting
Hjalmar Branting | |
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Branting in 1917 | |
| Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| In office 18 October 1924 – 24 January 1925 | |
| Monarch | Gustaf V |
| Preceded by | Ernst Trygger |
| Succeeded by | Rickard Sandler |
| In office 13 October 1921 – 19 April 1923 | |
| Monarch | Gustaf V |
| Preceded by | Oscar von Sydow |
| Succeeded by | Ernst Trygger |
| In office 10 March 1920 – 27 October 1920 | |
| Monarch | Gustaf V |
| Preceded by | Nils Edén |
| Succeeded by | Louis de Geer |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 13 October 1921 – 19 April 1923 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Herman Wrangel |
| Succeeded by | Carl Hederstierna |
| Minister for Finance | |
| In office 19 October 1917 – 5 January 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Nils Edén |
| Preceded by | Conrad Carleson |
| Succeeded by | Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karl Hjalmar Branting 23 November 1860 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 24 February 1925 (aged 64) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse | Anna Branting (née Jäderin) |
| Children | Georg Branting Sonja Branting-Westerståhl |
| Cabinet | Branting I cabinet Branting II cabinet Branting III cabinet |
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Karl Hjalmar Branting (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjǎlmar ˈbrânːtɪŋ] ⓘ; 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) 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 League of Nations.
In 1921, Branting shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Norwegian secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Christian Lous Lange.
Branting was supporter of the campaign of E. D. Morel claiming that French colonial troops were committing mass rapes during the occupation of the Rhineland. On 10 May 1920, Branting, declared that he believed Morel, saying that as a white man he was outraged that the French would deploy Senegalese troops in the Rhineland.