Edén Cabinet

Nils Edén's cabinet
21st Cabinet of Sweden
Date formed	19 October 1917
Date dissolved	10 March 1920
People and organisations
Head of government	Nils Edén
Head of state	Gustav V
Total number of ministers	11
Member party	Liberal Coalition Party Social Democrats
Status in legislature	Coalition government
History
Predecessor	Swartz cabinet
Successor	Branting's first cabinet

The cabinet of Nils Edén was the cabinet of Sweden between 19 October 1917 and 10 March 1920.^[1] The cabinet was a coalition government consisting of ministers from the Liberal Coalition Party and the Social Democratic Party, with the Liberal Coalition Party's Nils Edén as Prime Minister. The cabinet succeeded the conservative Swartz cabinet and was succeeded by the social democratic Branting I cabinet.

Ministers

The Edén cabinet. From the left: Petrén, Nilson, Undén, Palmstierna, Hellner, Petersson, Schotte, Edén, Thorsson, Rydén, Löfgren. Missing from the image are Holmqvist, Branting and Olsson.

The cabinet consisted of eleven ministers in eight departments. Of the ministers were nine chiefs of departments and two consultative ministers. Six of the ministers belonged to the Liberal Coalition Party, four to the Social Democratic Party and one was independent.

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party	Ref
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister, Head of the Prime Minister's Office		Nils Edén	19 October 1917	10 March 1920	Liberal Coalition	[1]
Ministry of Justice
Minister for Justice, Head of the Ministry for Justice		Eliel Löfgren	19 October 1917	10 March 1920	Liberal Coalition	[2]
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs		Johannes Hellner	19 October 1917	10 March 1920	Independent	[3]
Ministry for Army Affairs
Minister for Army Affairs, Head of the Ministry for Army Affairs		Erik Nilson	19 October 1917	10 March 1920	Liberal Coalition	[4]
Ministry for Naval Affairs
Minister for Naval Affairs, Head of the Ministry for Naval Affairs		Erik Palmstierna	19 October 1917	10 March 1920	Social Democratic	[4]
Ministry of Finance
Minister for Finance, Head of the Ministry of the Ministry for Finance		Hjalmar Branting	19 October 1917	5 January 1918	Social Democratic	[5]
		Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson	5 January 1918	30 June 1920[n 1]	Social Democratic	[5]
Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs		Värner Rydén	19 October 1917	28 November 1919	Social Democratic	[6]
		Olof Olsson	28 November 1919	27 October 1920[n 1]	Social Democratic	[6]
Ministry of Agriculture
Minister for Agriculture, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture		Alfred Petersson	19 October 1917	10 March 1920	Liberal Coalition
Ministry of Civil Affairs
Minister of Civil Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs		Axel Schotte	19 October 1917	28 November 1919	Liberal Coalition
		Fredrik Holmquist	28 November 1919	10 March 1920	Liberal Coalition
Ministers without portfolio
Consultative ministers		Bror Petrén	19 October 1917	10 March 1920	Liberal Coalition
		Östen Undén	19 October 1917	10 March 1920	Social Democratic

Notes

1. Continued on the ministerial post in the next cabinet.

References

1. "Sveriges regeringar under 100 år" (in Swedish). Regeringskansliet. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
2. "Justitiedepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000 (in Swedish). Höganäs: Bra Böcker. 2000. ISBN 91-7133-747-4.
3. "Utrikesdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000 (in Swedish). Höganäs: Bra Böcker. 2000. ISBN 91-7133-747-4.
4. "Försvarsdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000 (in Swedish). Höganäs: Bra Böcker. 2000. ISBN 91-7133-747-4.
5. "Finansdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000 (in Swedish). Höganäs: Bra Böcker. 2000. ISBN 91-7133-747-4.
6. "Ecklesiastikdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000 (in Swedish). Höganäs: Bra Böcker. 2000. ISBN 91-7133-747-4.

Sources

• Hadenius, Stig (2003). Modern svensk politisk historia (in Swedish). Stockholm: Hjalmarsson & Högberg.