Karl Hjalmar Branting was a Swedish statesman and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Sweden on three occasions from 1920 to 1925. From 1907 until his death in 1925, Branting led the Social Democratic Party (SAP), playing a major role in advocating universal suffrage, an eight-hour workday, and other labor rights. He was also instrumental in foreign policy, including his support for the League of Nations. In 1921, Branting shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Norwegian secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Christian Lous Lange. The Nobel Peace Prize 1921, announced December 10, 1921. Hjalmar Branting and Christian Lange, “for their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism”. Hjalmar Branting: born 1860, Stockholm, Sweden. Christian Lange: born 1869, Stavanger, Norway. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).