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

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a rather indiscreet thing to do, since Branting had given his word for peace, providing that the pro-German protectorate did not make war.

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

Hjalmar Branting, the leader of the Moderate Socialists, addressing the French Socialist Congress in the Spring of 1919, bitterly assailed Bolshevism and issued a warning against it.

From The Red Conspiracy by Mereto, Joseph J.