The third cabinet of Hjalmar Branting () was the cabinet of

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between 14 October 1924 and 24 February 1925. When the cabinet of Prime Minister

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resigned on 14 October 1924,

Hjalmar Branting Karl Hjalmar Branting (; 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) from 1907 until his death in 1925, and three times Prime Minister of Sweden. When Branting c ...

took office as

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for the third time. For health reasons, Branting stepped down on 19 January 1925, five weeks before his death on 24 February. Commerce and Industry Minister

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took office in Branting's place.

Background

After an even election result in the general election, 1921 the

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got 104 seats in the Riksdag, but the Right party and the

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did also increased theirs. Both sides took votes from the liberals. King

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had tried to ask

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to form a government based on the Right party, but without success. He then turned to Hjalmar Branting, whom declared that he would form a

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government, not a

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. After many discussions, the party formed a cabinet, with newer and younger names as ministers, excluding older and more known names. The government decreased the fundings of the defence forces. When Branting got ill in November 1924, it was clear that he would not recover. Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson were the self-evident successor, but he also got sick. On 19 January 1925, Branting declared his resignation as prime minister. After many discussions in the cabinet, he was succeeded by

on 22 January.

Ministers and Ministries

References

External links

The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden
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