Hansson II Cabinet

Per Albin Hansson's second cabinet
34th Cabinet of Sweden
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
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. Hedenborg and Kvarnström (2006): p. 296.
2. Hedenborg and Kvarnström (2006): p. 295.

Bibliography

• Hedenborg, Susanna; Kvarnström, Lars (2006). Det svenska samhället 1720–2000 (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Studentlitteratur. ISBN 91-44-01170-9.