Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1906 |
Number: | 5 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | Karl Hjalmar Branting |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1860 |
Year, Death: | 1925 |
Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament. Founder and leader of the Swedish Socialist Party. |
Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1921 |
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Motivation: | Branting promoted peace and anti-militarism. He contributed to the peaceful dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian Union in 1905 and worked to establish good relations between the two countries. Branting was one of the foremost members of the international social democratic movement and he exercised great influence on its peace work. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | August Nilsson |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament |
City: | Stockholm |
Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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