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.
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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
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister,
Head of the Prime Minister's Office		 Hjalmar Branting13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
Ministry of Justice
Minister for Justice,
Head of the Ministry of Justice		 Assar Åkerman13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
Ministry of Defence
Minister for Defence,
Head of the Ministry of Defence		 Per Albin Hansson13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Minister for Health and Social Affairs,
Head of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs		 Bernhard Eriksson13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
Ministry for Communications
Minister for Communications,
Head of the Ministry of Communications		 Anders Örne13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
Ministry of Finance
Minister for Finance,
Head of the Ministry of Finance		 Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs,
Head of the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs		 Olof Olsson13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
Ministry of Agriculture
Minister for Agriculture,
Head of the Ministry of Agriculture		 Sven Linders13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
Minister for Trade Carl Svensson13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
Other Ministers
Konsultativt statsråd Rickard Sandler13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
 Torsten Nothin13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
 Karl Schlyter13 October 192119 April 1923Social Democratic
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Preceded by
von Sydow		 Cabinet of Sweden
1921–1923		 Succeeded by
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