Hansson II Cabinet
| Per Albin Hansson's second cabinet | |
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 34th cabinet of Sweden |
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| Date formed | 28 September 1936 |
| Date dissolved | 13 December 1939 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Per Albin Hansson |
| Head of state | Gustaf V |
| Member party | Social Democrats Farmers' League |
| Status in legislature | Coalition majority government |
| Opposition party | General Electoral League Liberal People's Party Socialist Party Communist Party |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1936 election |
| Predecessor | Pehrsson-Bramstorp's cabinet |
| Successor | Hansson's third cabinet |
The second cabinet of Per Albin Hansson was the cabinet of Sweden from 1936 to 1939. It was a coalition cabinet consisting of the two parties: Social Democrats and the Farmers' League.[1]
History
Before the election
Since 1933, the Social Democrats had organized cooperation with the Farmers' League, when a historic compromise was reached between the parties regarding political collaboration, which was an important part of the Swedish model.[2] This cooperation ceased temporarily in the summer of 1936, when Per Albin Hansson resigned his first cabinet.[1] The reason for the resignation was that it did not get the support in parliament for its defense policy, even though it was only three months left to the autumn general election.
The task of forming a new government went to the Farmers' League's leader Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp. This so-called vacation government launched any reforms or implemented some changes in the law since the parliament was not collected.[1] The fall elections were a major success for the Social Democrats, which gave rise to the Prime Minister to submit the government's resignation.
After the election
The task of forming a new government went back to Per Albin Hansson as to the general astonishment government began negotiations with the Farmers' League, possibly because the Social Democrats did not want to depend on any of the left parties in parliamentary polls. The Farmers' League received three ministerial posts: Pehrsson-Bramstorp as Minister for Agriculture, Karl Gustaf Westman as Minister for Justice, and Janne Nilsson as Minister for Defence. Together, the two parties in the coalition a majority in both chambers, to sklinnad from previous minority governments.[1]
In the period leading to World War II, the Government implemented a number of social reforms, including expensive district grouping of basic pensions and the introduction of two weeks paid vacation for all workers.
When the Finnish Winter War broke out, the government resigned and instead took up a coalition government with the Social Democrats, the Farmers' League, the Liberal People's Party and the National Organization of the Right.
Ministers
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |||||
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| Prime Minister's Office | |||||||||
| Prime Minister, Head of the Prime Minister's Office |
Per Albin Hansson | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democratic | |||||
| Ministry of Finance | |||||||||
| Minister for Finance, Head of the Ministry of Finance |
Ernst Wigforss | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democratic | |||||
| Ministry for Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
Rickard Sandler | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democratic | |||||
| Ministry of Justice | |||||||||
| Minister for Justice, Head of the Ministry of Justice |
Karl Gustaf Westman | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Farmers' League | |||||
| Ministry of Defence | |||||||||
| Minister for Defence, Head of the Ministry of Defence |
Janne Nilsson | 28 September 1936 | 9 December 1938 | Farmers' League | |||||
| Per Edvin Sköld | 16 December 1938 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democratic | ||||||
| Ministry of Health and Social Affairs | |||||||||
| Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs |
Gustav Möller | 28 September 1936 | 16 December 1938 | Social Democratic | |||||
| Albert Forslund | 16 December 1938 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democratic | ||||||
| Ministry for Communications | |||||||||
| Minister for Communications, Head of the Ministry of Communications |
Albert Forslund | 28 September 1936 | 16 December 1938 | Social Democratic | |||||
| Gerhard Strindlund | 16 December 1938 | 13 December 1939 | Farmers' League | ||||||
| Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs | |||||||||
| Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs |
Arthur Engberg | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democratic | |||||
| Ministry of Agriculture | |||||||||
| Minister for Agriculture, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture |
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Farmers' League | |||||
| Ministry of Enterprise | |||||||||
| Minister of Enterprise, Head of the Ministry of Enterprise |
Per Edvin Sköld | 28 September 1936 | 16 December 1938 | Social Democratic | |||||
| Gustav Möller | 16 December 1938 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democratic | ||||||
| Ministry of Management of the Economy | |||||||||
| Minister for Management of the Economy, Head of the Ministry of Management of the Economy |
Herman Eriksson | 15 October 1939 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democratic | |||||
| Ministers without portfolio | |||||||||
| Law consult | Nils Quensel | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Independent | |||||
| Law consult | Karl Levinson | 15 October 1939 | 31 August 1938 | Social Democratic | |||||
| Herman Eriksson | 31 August 1938 | 14 October 1939 | Social Democratic | ||||||
| Gunnar Hägglöf | 14 October 1939 | 13 December 1939 | Independent | ||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hedenborg and Kvarnström (2006): p. 296.
- ↑ Hedenborg and Kvarnström (2006): p. 295.
- Bibliography
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| Preceded by | Cabinet of Sweden October 15, 1936–December 13, 1939 |
Succeeded by Hansson III |
