Erik Brandt
Erik Gottfrid Christian Brandt (born August 31, 1884 in Borrby , Kristianstads län ; † October 22, 1955 in Stora Tuna , Kopparbergs län ) was a Swedish politician ( Social Democratic Labor Party ).
Brandt came from a family of pastors in southern Sweden. After studying at Lund University , he became a primary school teacher in Luleå in 1911 . From 1915 he was a school inspector in Dalarna Province . In 1938 he was elected to the first chamber of the Swedish Reichstag , of which he was a member until 1943. Brandt had got a promising place on the list through two deaths and two resignations of party friends. In the Reichstag, Brandt was vehemently committed against German National Socialism , so he publicly protested against the excesses of the Reichspogromnacht of 9/10. November 1938.
Brandt was best known for his ironic action in which he nominated Adolf Hitler for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939 . The nomination was never seriously intended, but can be seen in protest against the nomination of Neville Chamberlain . During the Second World War he resolutely opposed the policies of the German Empire .
Web links
- Hitler och fredspriset , factoider about Hitler and the Nobel Prize ( Swedish )
- Markus Springer: Hitler, Gandhi and the Nobel Peace Prize - Why Barack Obama doesn't have to worry about standing in a row with Hitler and Stalin ( Memento from November 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), in: Sonntagsblatt , issue 44/2009 from 1. November 2009.
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| SURNAME | Brandt, Erik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandt, Erik Gottfrid Christian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish politician (Social Democratic Labor Party), member of the Riksdag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borrby , Kristianstads Lan |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1955 |
| Place of death | Stora Tuna , Kopparbergs län |