Hjalmar Branting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hjalmar Branting

Prime Minister of Sweden

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1860

Place of Birth: Klara Parish, Sweden

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1925

Profession: politician, diplomat, contributing editor, journalist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Karl Hjalmar Branting (Swedish pronunciation: ['jalmar ?bran?t??] (listen); 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (1907–1925) and Prime Minister during three separate periods (1920, 1921–1923 and 1924–1925).
When Branting came to power in 1920, he was the first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Sweden.
When taking 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.
In 1921, Branting shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Norwegian secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Christian Lous Lange.



Alternative names	Henry Buergel Goodwin, Heinrich Karl Hugo Bürgel
Description	Swedish photographer
Date of birth/death	20 February 1878	11 September 1931
Location of birth/death	Munich, Germany	Uppsala, Sweden
Work period	1916 - 1931
Work location	Uppsala, Sweden
Authority control	: Q2565745 VIAF: 24868497 ISNI: 0000 0000 8103 9652 ULAN: 500053713 LCCN: nr96043904 Open Library: OL49695A WorldCat