The cabinet of Nils Edén ( sv, Regeringen Edén) was the cabinet of

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between 19 October 1917 and 10 March 1920. The cabinet was a

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consisting of ministers from the

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and the

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, with the Liberal Coalition Party's

Nils Edén Nils Edén (25 August 1871 – 16 June 1945) was a Swedish historian and liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1917 to 1920, and along with Hjalmar Branting acknowledged as co-architect of Sweden's transition from a c ...

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. The cabinet succeeded the

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Swartz cabinet and was succeeded by the

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Ministers

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

, four to the

and one was

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