Branting I cabinet

Branting I cabinet
Cabinet of Sweden
Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting
Date formed	10 March 1920
Date dissolved	27 October 1920
People and organisations
Head of state	Gustav V
Head of government	Hjalmar Branting
Member party	Social Democrats
Status in legislature	Single-party minority (upper & lower house)
Opposition parties	Liberal Coalition Party General Electoral League Swedish Social Democratic Left Party Farmers' League National Agrarian Union
History
Outgoing formation	1920 election
Election	1920 election
Predecessor	Edén cabinet
Successor	De Geer Jr cabinet

The Branting I cabinet (Swedish: regeringen Branting I) was the government of Sweden from 10 March 1920 to 27 October 1920. It was a Social Democratic single-party minority government led by Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting. It was the first ever Social Democratic led cabinet in Sweden.

After that the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) did not pass the government's proposition concerning the reformation of the taxation system, they ordered two investigations, about industrial democracy and the socialisation of private companies (Socialiseringsnämnden).

In the 1920 general election, the Social Democrats lost 11 seats in the Riksdag. In the Riksdag, the Liberal Coalition Party were the weight between the Social Democrats and the conservative General Electoral League. In run-up to the 1921 general election, no party wanted to take over as government, so King Gustav V added a public administration, the De Geer Jr cabinet, with Louis De Geer Jr as prime minister.

Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister, Head of the Prime Minister's Office	Hjalmar Branting	10 March 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs	Erik Palmstierna	10 March 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Justice
Minister for Justice, Head of the Ministry of Justice	Östen Undén	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		Social Democrats
	Assar Åkerman	30 June 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Defence
Minister for Defence, Head of the Ministry of Defence	Per Albin Hansson	10 March 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Sea Minister	Bernhard Eriksson	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry for Civil Service Affairs
Minister for Civil Service Affairs, Head of the Ministry of Civilian Affairs	Carl Svensson	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		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	1 July 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Finance
Minister for Finance	Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		Social Democrats
	Rickard Sandler	1 July 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs	Olof Olsson	30 June 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture	Olof Nilsson	30 June 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson	1 July 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
Other Ministers
Konsultativt statsråd	Rickard Sandler	10 March 1920	30 June 1920		Social Democrats
	William Linder	1 July 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats
	Torsten Nothin	30 June 1920	27 October 1920		Social Democrats

External links

• The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden