Karl Hjalmar Branting was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1907 until his death in 1925, and three times Prime Minister of Sweden.
10 Facts About Hjalmar Branting
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When Branting came to power in 1920, he was the first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Sweden.
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In 1921, Hjalmar Branting shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Norwegian secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Christian Lous Lange.
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Hjalmar Branting developed a scientific background in mathematical astronomy and was an assistant at the Stockholm Observatory, but gave up his devotion to scientific work to become a journalist in 1884 and began editing the newspapers Tiden and Social-Demokraten.
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Together with August Palm, Hjalmar Branting was one of the main organizers of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1889.
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Hjalmar Branting was its first Member of Parliament from 1896 and for six years the only one.
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In 1908 Hjalmar Branting established a monthly theoretical political journal entitled Tiden which is still in publication.
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Hjalmar Branting was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921 for his work in the League of Nations, sharing the prize with the Norwegian Christian Lous Lange.
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Hjalmar Branting died in Stockholm at the age of 64 on 24 February 1925 four months after being sworn in for a third term as Prime Minister following the SAP's victory in the 1924 general election.
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Hjalmar Branting was succeeded as Prime Minister by Rickard Sandler; Per Albin Hansson became party chairman, later serving as Prime Minister from 1932 to 1946.