Erik Gottfrid Christian Brandt

Erik Gottfrid Christian Brandt, called Brandt i Söderby in Parliament, was a Swedish politician and a deputy in the Riksdag from 1938 to 1943.

Biography

Brandt was born in Borrby, Kristianstad County, and came from a southern Swedish pastor's family. After studying at Lund University in 1911, he became a schoolteacher in Luleå. From 1915, he served as inspector of schools in the province of Dalarna. In 1938, he was elected as a substitute to the Första kammare of the Riksdag, but was able to assume membership after the deaths of Smedh and and the resignation of Gunnar Myrdal. He held the role until 1943.
Brandt is best known for his failed nomination of Adolf Hitler for the Nobel Peace Prize on the eve of World War II. The nomination was quickly withdrawn as Brandt, who was an antifascist, never intended for it to be a serious proposal and instead saw it only as a "satiric criticism" on another concurrent nomination, namely that of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Brandt firmly opposed Nazi Germany's policies during World War II.
Brandt died in Stora Tuna parish, Kopparberg County, in 1955.