Government of Erlander II

Days Erlander (1952)

The Erlander II government was formed in Sweden on October 1, 1951 by Prime Minister Tage Erlander of the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party SAP ( Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ) and replaced the Erlander I government . She remained in office until October 31, 1957 and was then replaced by the Erlander III government. Although Erlanders SAP won the most seats in the elections to the Swedish Parliament on 21 September 1952 and 16 September 1956 , but formed a center-left - coalition with the Farmers' Association BF ( Bondeförbundet ) .

minister

The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Office	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
Prime Minister	Days Erlander	SAP	October 1, 1951	October 31, 1957
Foreign minister	Östen Undén	SAP	October 1, 1951	October 31, 1957
Minister of Justice	Herman Zetterberg Ingvar Lindell	SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 October 1, 1957	October 1, 1957 October 31, 1957
Defense Minister	Torsten Nilsson Sven Andersson	SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 March 22, 1957	March 22, 1957 October 31, 1957
Minister of Social Affairs	Gunnar Sträng John Ericsson Torsten Nilsson	SAP SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 September 12, 1955 March 23, 1957	September 12, 1955 March 23, 1957 October 31, 1957
Communications minister	Sven Andersson Sture Henriksson Gösta Skoglund	SAP SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 March 22, 1957 April 22, 1957	March 22, 1957 April 22, 1957 October 31, 1957
Finance minister	Per Edvin Sköld Gunnar Sträng	SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 September 12, 1955	September 12, 1955 October 31, 1957
Minister of Education	Ivar Persson	BF	October 1, 1951	October 31, 1957
Minister of Agriculture	Sam B. Norup Bernhard Näsgård Nils G. Hansson	BF BF BF	October 1, 1951 February 1, 1957 July 8, 1957	February 1, 1957 July 8, 1957 October 31, 1957
Minister of Commerce	John Ericsson Gunnar Lange	SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 September 12, 1955	September 12, 1955 October 31, 1957
Interior minister	Gunnar Hedlund	BF	October 1, 1951	October 31, 1957
Civil minister	John Lingman Gunnar Lange Sigurd Lindholm	SAP SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 November 30, 1954 September 12, 1955	November 30, 1954 September 12, 1955 October 31, 1957
Minister without portfolio with the Minister of Justice	Nils Quensel Ingvar Lindell Ragnar Edenman	SAP SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 October 31, 1951 September 28, 1957	October 31, 1951 September 20, 1957 October 31, 1957
Minister without portfolio with the Minister of Justice	Gunnar Danielson Allan Nordenstambr > Herman Kling	SAP SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 March 31, 1952 February 1, 1957	March 31, 1952 February 1, 1957 October 31, 1957
Minister without portfolio with the Foreign Minister	Dag Hammarskjöld Ulla Lindström	SAP SAP	October 1, 1951 June 4, 1954	April 8, 1953 October 31, 1957
Minister with no portfolio	Hjalmar Nilson Lars Eliasson	BF BF	October 1, 1951 February 1, 1957	February 1, 1957 October 31, 1957

Web links

• REGERINGEN ERLANDER 2 1.10.1951-31.10.1957
• Sweden: Key Ministries

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sture Henriksson died on April 22, 1957 after only one month in office as communications minister.
2. ↑ Bernhard Näsgård died on July 8, 1957 after five months in office as Minister of Agriculture.
3. ↑ Dag Hammarskjöld was the minister without portfolio responsible for foreign trade.
4. ↑ As Minister without Portfolio, Ulla Lindström was responsible for aid and immigration
5. ↑ Hjalmar Nilson was a minister with no portfolio responsible for roads, water, sewage, fisheries and land surveying.
6. ↑ Lars Eliasson, as Minister without Portfolio, was responsible for roads, water, sewage, fisheries and land surveying.