Branting I cabinet

The first cabinet of Hjalmar Branting (Swedish: Regeringen Branting I) was the cabinet of Sweden between 10 March 1920 and 27 October 1920.

It was the first social democracy based cabinet and a minority government. After that The Riksdag didn't pass the government's proposition concerning the reformation of the taxationsystem, they ordered two investigations, about industrial democracy and the socialisation of private companies (Socialiseringsnämnden).

In the general election, 1920 the Swedish Social Democratic Party lost 11 seats in the parliament. In the Riksdag the liberals were the weight between the Social Democratic Party and the Right party. In the general election, 1921 no party wanted to take over as government; so the king added a public administration, Cabinet of Louis De Geer, with Louis De Geer as prime minister.

Ministers and Ministries

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister, Head of the Prime Minister's Office	Hjalmar Branting	10 March 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs	Erik Palmstierna	10 March 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Justice
Minister for Justice, Head of the Ministry of Justice	Östen Undén	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		Social Democrats
	Assar Åkerman	30 June 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Defence
Minister for Defence, Head of the Ministry of Defence	Per Albin Hansson	10 March 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Sea Minister	Bernhard Eriksson	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry for Civil Service Affairs
Minister for Civil Service Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Civilian Affairs	Carl Svensson	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs	Bernhard Eriksson	1 July 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Finance
Minister for Finance	Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		Social Democrats
	Rickard Sandler	1 July 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs	Olof Olsson	30 June 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture	Olof Nilsson	30 June 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson	1 July 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Other Ministers
Konsultativt statsråd	Rickard Sandler	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		Social Democrats
	William Linder	1 July 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
	Torsten Nothin	30 June 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats

External links

• The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden