The second cabinet of Per Albin Hansson ( sv, Regeringen Hansson II) was the

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from 1936 to 1939. It was a

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consisting of the two parties:

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and the

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History

Before the election

Since 1933, the Social Democrats had organized cooperation with the

, when a historic compromise was reached between the parties regarding political collaboration, which was an important part of the Swedish model. Hedenborg and Kvarnström (2006): p. 295. This cooperation ceased temporarily in the summer of 1936, when

Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson (28 October 1885 – 6 October 1946) was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-lived ...

resigned his first cabinet. 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

's leader

Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Axel Alarik Pehrsson-Bramstorp (born Axel Alarik Pehrsson; 19 August 1883 – 19 February 1954) was a Swedish politician and was Prime Minister of Sweden for a few months during 1936. As a parliamentarian he was known as Axel Pehrsson in Bramstorp ...

. This so-called vacation government launched any reforms or implemented some changes in the law since the parliament was not collected. Hedenborg and Kvarnström (2006): p. 296. 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 Karl Gustaf Westman (18 August 1876 – 24 January 1944) was a Swedish historian and political leader. Biography Westman attended Uppsala University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1897, Licentiate of Philosophy in 1904 and a Ph.D. 1905. ...

as minister for justice, and

Janne Nilsson Janne Nilsson (1882–1938) was a Swedish politician who was a member of the Parliament and the minister of defense between 1936 and 1938. Biography Nilsson was born in Hörby on 17 May 1882. He was a member of the Agrarian Party. He was appo ...

as minister for defence. Together, the two parties in the coalition a majority in both chambers, to sklinnad from previous minority governments. On 9 December 1938 Janne Nilsson died and was replaced by a social democratic politician,

Per Edvin Sköld Per Edvin Sköld (25 May 1891 – 13 September 1972) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. As a Minister for Agriculture during the 1930s crisis, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister for Defence during the war and Minister for Fina ...

. In the period leading to

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, 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

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broke out, the government resigned and instead formed a coalition government, consisted of the Social Democrats, the Farmers' League, the Liberal People's Party, and the National Organization of the Right.

Ministers

References

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