We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new and brighter future did not allow their resolution to falter, no matter how great the suffering by which they bought this independence.
Hjalmar Branting Quotes
And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen a quarter of a century ago would have regarded as utopian.
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| Birth: | 23rd November, 1860 |
| Death: | 24th February, 1925 |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Profession: | Politician |
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Hjalmar Branting was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1907–1925, and Prime Minister during three separate periods from 1920, 1921–1923, and 1924–1925. He was educated in Stockholm and at Uppsala University. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921 for his work in the League of Nations, sharing the prize with the Norwegian Christian Lous Lange.
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