Branting I Cabinet

The first cabinet of Hjalmar Branting 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 Democratic
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs		Erik Palmstierna	10 March 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democratic
Ministry of Justice
Minister for Justice, Head of the Ministry of Justice		Östen Undén	10 March 1920	30 June 1920	Social Democratic
		Assar Åkerman	30 June 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democratic
Ministry of Defence
Minister for Defence, Head of the Ministry of Defence		Per Albin Hansson	10 March 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democratic
Sea Minister		Bernhard Eriksson	10 March 1920	30 June 1920	Social Democratic
Ministry of Civilian Affairs
Minister of Civilian Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Civilian Affairs		Carl Svensson	10 March 1920	30 June 1920	Social Democratic
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 Democratic
Ministry of Finance
Minister of Fininace		Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson	10 March 1920	30 June 1920	Social Democratic
		Rickard Sandler	1 July 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democratic
Ministry of Education, Research and Culture
Minister of Education		Olof Olsson	30 June 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democratic
Ministry of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture		Olof Nilsson	30 June 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democratic
Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications
Minister of Trade		Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson	1 July 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democratic
Other Ministers
Konsultativt statsråd		Rickard Sandler	10 March 1920	30 June 1920	Social Democratic
		William Linder	1 July 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democratic
		Torsten Nothin	30 June 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democratic

External links

• The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden

Preceded by Edén

Cabinet of Sweden 1920

Succeeded by De Geer d.y.