Georg Branting
Georg Branting | |
|---|---|
 Georg Branting | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 1932–1961 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1887 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 6 July 1965 (aged 77) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Resting place | Adolf Fredrik Cemetery |
| Political party | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
| Parent(s) | Hjalmar Branting Anna Branting |
Georg Branting (21 September 1887 – 6 July 1965) was a Swedish Social Democrat[1] and Olympic fencer.[2] He was the son of Hjalmar Branting and Anna Branting, and a member of the Riksdag 1932–1961.[3]
In the Spanish Civil War, a Scandinavian battalion of the International Brigades was named after him, as a sign of thanks for his vehement support of the Spanish Republic. Related to the Civil War of Finland in 1918, he wrote a book translated in 1925 in Finnish as: Oikeudenkäyttö Suomessa, Muutamia asiakirjoja selityksineen. He competed for Sweden in fencing at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.[4]
References
- ^ Creating Social Democracy: A Century of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Sweden (Google eBook) Klaus Misgeld, Karl Molin. Penn State Press, 1 November 2010
- ^ "Georg Branting Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "Branting, Georg (1887 - 1965)". The Routledge Guide to European Political Archives: Sources since 1945. (Google eBook) Chris Cook. Routledge, 10 September 2012
- ^ "Georg Branting". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
External links
- Georg Branting at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- Georg Branting at Olympedia