Hjalmar Branting
Democracy activist, Politician
1860 – 1925
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Who was Hjalmar Branting?
Karl Hjalmar Branting was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, and Prime Minister during three separate periods. When Branting came to power in 1920, he was the first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Sweden. When he took office for a second term after the general election of 1921, he became the first socialist politician in Europe to do so following elections with universal suffrage.
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- Born
- Nov 23, 1860
Stockholm - Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Church of Sweden
- Lutheranism
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Profession
- Education
- Uppsala University
Mathematical astronomy
- Uppsala University
- Died
- Feb 24, 1925
Stockholm - Resting place
- Adolf Fredriks kyrka
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on July 23, 2013
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