Palme II cabinet

The second cabinet of Olof Palme (Swedish: Regeringen Palme II) was the cabinet and Government of Sweden from 8 October 1982 until his assassination on 28 February 1986. The cabinet stayed in office as a caretaker government until 12 March 1986.

Palme's Second Cabinet
46th Cabinet of Sweden
Date formed	8 October 1982
Date dissolved	12 March 1986
People and organisations
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Olof Palme (until Feb 1986) Ingvar Carlsson
Member party	Social Democrats
Status in legislature	Single-party minority
Opposition party	Moderate Party
Opposition leader	Ulf Adelsohn
History
Legislature terms	1982–1985 1985–1988
Outgoing formation	Assassination of Olof Palme
Predecessor	Fälldin III
Successor	Carlsson I

The cabinet was a single-party minority government consisting of the Social Democrats. The cabinet was led by Prime Minister Olof Palme who had led his party to victory in the 1982 general election. Olof Palme had previously been Prime Minister from October 1969 until defeat in the 1976 general election.

The cabinet resigned on 12 March 1986 as Olof Palme had been assassinated on 28 February 1986. From 28 February to 12 March 1986 the cabinet was led by Deputy Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson whose first cabinet succeeded on 12 March 1986.

Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Olof Palme	8 October 1982	28 February 1986		Social Democrats
	Ingvar Carlsson	28 February 1986	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Deputy Prime Minister	Ingvar Carlsson	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Lennart Bodström	8 October 1982	17 October 1985		Social Democrats
	Sten Andersson	17 October 1985	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister of Economics Minister for the Budget Minister for Finance	Kjell-Olof Feldt	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Education	Lena Hjelm-Wallén	8 October 1982	17 October 1985		Social Democrats
	Lennart Bodström	17 October 1985	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Justice	Ove Rainer	8 October 1982	10 November 1983		Social Democrats
	Sten Wickbom	15 November 1983	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Health and Social Affairs	Sten Andersson	8 October 1982	17 October 1995		Social Democrats
	Gertrud Sigurdsen	17 October 1985	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Employment	Anna-Greta Leijon	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Agriculture	Svante Lundkvist	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Defence	Börje Andersson	8 October 1982	1 December 1982		Social Democrats
	Curt Boström	1 December 1982	17 January 1983		Social Democrats
	Anders Thunborg	17 January 1983	14 October 1985		Social Democrats
	Roine Carlsson	14 October 1985	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Communications	Curt Boström	8 October 1982	30 June 1985		Social Democrats
	Sven Hulterström	30 June 1985	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Physical Planning and Local Government Minister for Civil Service Affairs	Bo Holmberg	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Housing	Hans Gustafsson	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for the Environment	Ingvar Carlsson	17 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Minister for Enterprise	Thage G. Peterson	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Ministers without portfolio
Energy	Birgitta Dahl	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
School	Bengt Göransson	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Foreign Trade	Mats Hellström	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Salaries and Consumer	Bengt K Å Johansson	17 October 1985	12 March 1996		Social Democrats
International Development Cooperation	Lena Hjelm-Wallén	17 October 1985	12 March 1986		Social Democrats
Migration	Anita Gradin	8 October 1982	12 March 1986		Social Democrats

External links

• The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden