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Branting

American  
[bran-ting, brahn-] / ˈbræn tɪŋ, ˈbrɑn- /

noun

  1. Karl Hjalmar 1860–1925, Swedish statesman: prime minister 1920, 1921–23, 1924–25; Nobel Peace Prize 1921.


Branting British  
/ ˈbrantiŋ /

noun

  1. Karl Hjalmar (jalmar). 1860–1925, Swedish politician; prime minister (1920; 1921–23; 1924–25). He founded Sweden's welfare state and shared the Nobel peace prize 1921

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At Stockholm, his birthplace, died Hjalmar Branting, thrice Premier of Sweden, aged 64.

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The cabinet headed by Hjalmar Branting resigned, following its defeat in the Upper House of the Swedish Parliament by a vote of 76 against, to 60 for, a proposal to distribute doles to the unemployed.

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M. Branting became a Socialist in his 21st year, after a trip abroad.

From Time Magazine Archive

Herr Branting is of a very different type from the generally received idea of what a Socialist is.

From Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning by Maurice Francis Egan

The cheerfulness and geniality which pervaded the company, and of which Professor Branting himself was the best example, no doubt assisted the cure.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor

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