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

Social Democrat Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...

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 c ...

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

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

, a Scandinavian battalion of the

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

Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of democratic government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931 after the deposition of King Alfonso XIII. It was dissol ...

. 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 combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

at the

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and

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

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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