Hansson II cabinet
Per Albin Hansson's second cabinet | |
|---|---|
 34th Cabinet of Sweden | |
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| Date formed | 28 September 1936 |
| Date dissolved | 13 December 1939 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Gustaf V |
| Head of government | Per Albin Hansson |
| 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 | 1936 election |
| Predecessor | Pehrsson-Bramstorp's cabinet |
| Successor | Hansson's third cabinet |
The second cabinet of Per Albin Hansson (Swedish: Regeringen Hansson II) 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
[edit]Before the election
[edit]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
[edit]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] On 9 December 1938 Janne Nilsson died and was replaced by a social democratic politician, Per Edvin Sköld.[3]
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 formed a coalition government, consisted of the Social Democrats, the Farmers' League, the Liberal People's Party, and the National Organization of the Right.
Ministers
[edit]| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister's Office | |||||||||
| Prime Minister, Head of the Prime Minister's Office | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democrats | ||||||
| Ministry of Finance | |||||||||
| Minister for Finance, Head of the Ministry of Finance | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democrats | ||||||
| Ministry for Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democrats | ||||||
| Ministry of Justice | |||||||||
| Minister for Justice, Head of the Ministry of Justice | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Centre | ||||||
| Ministry of Defence | |||||||||
| Minister for Defence, Head of the Ministry of Defence | 28 September 1936 | 9 December 1938 | Centre | ||||||
| 16 December 1938 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democrats | |||||||
| Ministry of Health and Social Affairs | |||||||||
| Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs | 28 September 1936 | 16 December 1938 | Social Democrats | ||||||
| 16 December 1938 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democrats | |||||||
| Ministry for Communications | |||||||||
| Minister for Communications, Head of the Ministry of Communications | 28 September 1936 | 16 December 1938 | Social Democrats | ||||||
| 16 December 1938 | 13 December 1939 | Centre | |||||||
| Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs | |||||||||
| Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democrats | ||||||
| Ministry of Agriculture | |||||||||
| Minister for Agriculture, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Centre | ||||||
| Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |||||||||
| Minister of Commerce and Industry, Head of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry | 28 September 1936 | 16 December 1938 | Social Democrats | ||||||
| 16 December 1938 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democrats | |||||||
| Ministry of Supply | |||||||||
| Minister of Supply, Head of the Ministry of Supply | 15 October 1939 | 13 December 1939 | Social Democrats | ||||||
| Ministers without portfolio | |||||||||
| Law consult | 28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | Independent | ||||||
| Law consult | 15 October 1939 | 31 August 1938 | Social Democrats | ||||||
| 31 August 1938 | 14 October 1939 | Social Democrats | |||||||
| 14 October 1939 | 13 December 1939 | Independent | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Hedenborg and Kvarnström (2006): p. 296.
- ^ Hedenborg and Kvarnström (2006): p. 295.
- ^ John Gilmour (2010). Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7486-8666-7.
- Bibliography
- Hedenborg, Susanna; Kvarnström, Lars (2006). Det svenska samhället 1720–2000 (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Studentlitteratur. ISBN 91-44-01170-9.