Fälldin I cabinet
Cabinet and Government of Sweden from 1976 to 1978
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The first cabinet of Thorbjörn Fälldin (Swedish: Regeringen Fälldin I) was the cabinet and Government of Sweden from 8 October 1976 to 18 October 1978. It was a coalition majority government consisting the Centre Party, the People's Party, and the Moderate Party, with Thorbjörn Fälldin of the Centre Party as prime minister. It was the first non-social democratic cabinet in Sweden in 40 years, after Axel Pehrsson's cabinet in 1936.[1]
Dateformed8 October 1976
Datedissolved18 October 1978
Monarch
Carl XVI GustafPrime Minister
Thorbjörn FälldinFälldin's First Cabinet | |
|---|---|
42nd Cabinet of Sweden | |
 Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin | |
| Date formed | 8 October 1976 |
| Date dissolved | 18 October 1978 |
| People and organisations | |
Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Prime Minister | Thorbjörn Fälldin |
Member parties | Centre Party People's Party Moderate Party |
Status in legislature | Coalition majority |
Opposition parties | Social Democrats Left Party – the Communists |
Opposition leader | Olof Palme (S) |
| History | |
Outgoing formation | Nuclear power discord |
| Legislature term | 1976–1979 |
| Predecessor | Palme I |
| Successor | Ullsten |
Ministers[citation needed]
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Centre | ||||||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 8 October 1976 | 7 March 1978 | People's Party | ||||||
| 7 March 1978 | 18 October 1978 | People's Party | |||||||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Centre | ||||||
| Minister of Economics | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Moderate | ||||||
| Minister for the Budget | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | People's Party | ||||||
| Minister for Education | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | People's Party | ||||||
| Minister for Justice | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Independent | ||||||
| Minister for Health and Social Affairs | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Centre | ||||||
| Minister for Employment | 8 October 1976 | 7 March 1978 | People's Party | ||||||
| 7 March 1978 | 18 October 1978 | People's Party | |||||||
| Minister for Agriculture | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Centre | ||||||
| Minister for Defence | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Moderate | ||||||
| Minister of Communications | Bo Turesson | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Moderate | |||||
| Minister for Physical Planning and Local Government | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Centre | ||||||
| Minister for Housing | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Centre | ||||||
| Minister for Enterprise | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Centre | ||||||
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Moderate | ||||||
| Ministers without portfolio | |||||||||
| Migration | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | People's Party | ||||||
| Health Care | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Moderate | ||||||
| Minister for Schools | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Moderate | ||||||
| Energy | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Centre | ||||||