Branting II Cabinet

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

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

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

External links

• The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden

Preceded by von Sydow	Cabinet of Sweden 1921–1923	Succeeded by Trygger