Georg Branting (21 September 1887 – 6 July 1965) was a Swedish

Social Democrat Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

and Olympic fencer. He was the son of

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 cam ...

and

Anna Branting Anna Matilda Charlotta Branting (; 19 November 1855 – 11 December 1950), was a Swedish journalist and writer. She was a Social Democrat and married to Swedish prime minister Hjalmar Branting. From the 1880s to 1917, she was an influential theat ...

, and a member of the

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1932–1961. In the

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, a Scandinavian battalion of the

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was named after him, as a sign of thanks for his vehement support of the

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. 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 Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...

at the

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and

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

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* 1887 births 1965 deaths Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Members of the Första kammaren Olympic fencers for Sweden Politicians from Stockholm Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Swedish people of the Spanish Civil War 20th-century Swedish lawyers Swedish male épée fencers Children of prime ministers of Sweden {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub