Georg Branting

Georg 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 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 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Creating Social Democracy: A Century of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Sweden (Google eBook) Klaus Misgeld, Karl Molin. Penn State Press, Nov 1, 2010
  2. 1 2 "Georg Branting Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  3. ↑ "Branting, Georg (1887 - 1965)". The Routledge Guide to European Political Archives: Sources since 1945. (Google eBook) Chris Cook. Routledge, Sep 10, 2012
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