Branting II cabinet

Sitting from the left: Thorsson, Branting, Lindqvist. Standing from the left: Olsson, Nothin, Schlyter, Åkerman, Linders, Hansson, Örne, Sandler, Svensson.

The second cabinet of Hjalmar Branting (Swedish: Regeringen Branting II) was the cabinet of Sweden between 13 October 1921 and 19 April 1923.

In the general election, 1921 the Swedish Social Democratic Party got 36,2% of the votes and Hjalmar Branting got the majority to form a government.

The discussions in the beginning of the 1920s concerning the trade of alcohol, had forced all of the parties to take position. In 1920 the congress of the Social Democratic Party declared that The Riksdag shouldn't accept a ban of alcohol if not the referendum gave two-thirds majority for a ban. The government ordered a prohibition referendum, that ended with a meagre majority for the opposition.

In 1922, the Riksdag had decided that employees in a labour market conflict shouldn't get unemployment support. I the beginning of 1923 a conflict emerged within the industry and 4 000 workers got suspended from supportive by the unemployment commission. The government suggested in a proposition to the Riksdag that the right to support should remain for the workers that have been in unemployment for at least six months. When the proposition didn't pass the first chamber the government resigned at 6 April 1923.

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	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
Ministry of Justice
Minister for Justice, Head of the Ministry of Justice	Assar Åkerman	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
Ministry of Defence
Minister for Defence, Head of the Ministry of Defence	Per Albin Hansson	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		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	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
Ministry for Communications
Minister for Communications, Head of the Ministry of Communications	Anders Örne	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
Ministry of Finance
Minister for Finance, Head of the Ministry of Finance	Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs	Olof Olsson	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
Ministry of Agriculture
Minister for Agriculture, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture	Sven Linders	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Carl Svensson	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
Other Ministers
Konsultativt statsråd	Rickard Sandler	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
	Torsten Nothin	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats
	Karl Schlyter	13 October 1921	19 April 1923		Social Democrats

External links

• The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden