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1940 Swedish General Election
General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 1940.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 134 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Parliament of Sweden, Riksdag. It is one of two general elections in Swedish history where a single party received more than half of the vote (the other occasion being 1968 Swedish general election, 1968). The election took place amid World War II. Sweden was the only independent, free Scandinavian state at the time. The major parties were all represented in the government cabinet. Some of the parties called for a postponement of the elections due to the war. However, Per Albin Hansson said that democratic processes ought to be respected. An observer of the election characterized the election as a "gentleman's election" free of mudslinging. Results References {{Swedish elections General elections i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andra Kammaren
The Andra kammaren (lit. Second Chamber) was the lower house of the bicameral Riksdag of Sweden between 1866 and 1970 that replaced the Riksdag of the Estates. The upper house was the Första kammaren. At the time of its abolition the chamber had 233 members, who were elected for four-year terms of office by men and women over the age of twenty. Volume 24, Dan Golenpaul, McGraw-Hill, 1970, page 358 Both chambers had the same powers. At the last general election in 1968, the |
