Hjalmar Branting
Karl Hjalmar Branting (; 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the
Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) from 1907 until his death in 1925, and three times
Prime Minister of Sweden. 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
democratic socialist head of government in Western Europe elected under
universal suffrage. An early supporter of modern
social democracy and democratic socialism, he led the SAP through a transformation from a radical socialist movement to Sweden's dominant party; the Social Democrats have been Sweden's largest party in every election since 1914, and formed government for 44 continuous years from 1932 to 1976.
In 1921, Branting shared the
Nobel Peace Prize with the Norwegian secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Christian Lous Lange.
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