Georg Branting Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bbFpEU-FfbAC&dq=%22georg+branting%22&pg=PA140 Creating Social Democracy: A Century of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Sweden
  2. Web site: Georg Branting Olympic Results . 5 April 2010 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110818200600/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/georg-branting-1.html . 18 August 2011.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=kuM2hrtfvRsC&dq=%22georg+branting%22&pg=PA27 "Branting, Georg (1887 - 1965)"
  4. Web site: Georg Branting . Olympedia . 25 March 2021.