Fälldin II cabinet

Fälldin's Second Cabinet

44th Cabinet of Sweden
Date formed| 12 October 1979
Date dissolved| 22 May 1981
People and organisations
Monarch| Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister| Thorbjörn Fälldin
Member party| Centre Party
Liberal People's Party
Moderate Party
Status in legislature| Coalition majority
Opposition party| Social Democrats
Left Party - the Communists
Opposition leader| Olof Palme
History
Legislature term| 1979–1982
Outgoing formation| Withdrawal of the Moderates
Predecessor| Ullsten
Successor| Fälldin III

The second cabinet of Thorbjörn Fälldin (Swedish: Regeringen Fälldin II) was the cabinet and Government of Sweden from 12 October 1979 to 22 May 1981.

The cabinet was a coalition majority government consisting of the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Moderate Party. The cabinet was led by Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin of the Centre Party who had led his party to a second victory in the 1979 general election. Thorbjörn Fälldin had previously been Prime Minister of Sweden from 1976 until his first cabinet resigned in October 1978 following a vote of confidence.

The cabinet resigned on 5 May 1981 (but stayed in office until 22 May 1981) following the withdrawal of the Moderate Party. The cabinet was succeeded by Thorbjörn Fälldin's Third Cabinet.

## Ministers

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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party

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Prime Minister|

Thorbjörn Fälldin

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Centre
Deputy Prime Minister|

Ola Ullsten

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Liberals
Minister for Foreign Affairs|

Ola Ullsten

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Liberals
Minister of Economics|

Gösta Bohman

| 12 October 1979| 5 May 1981|  | Moderate

Rolf Wirtén

| 5 May 1981| 22 May 1981|  | Liberals
Minister for the Budget|

Ingemar Mundebo

| 12 October 1979| 31 July 1980|  | Liberals

Rolf Wirtén

| 31 July 1980| 22 May 1981|  | Liberals
Minister for Education|

Jan-Erik Wikström

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Liberals
Minister for Justice|

Håkan Winberg

| 12 October 1979| 5 May 1981|  | Moderate

Carl Axel Petri

| 5 May 1981| 22 May 1981|  | Independent
Minister for Health and Social Affairs|

Karin Söder

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Centre
Minister for Employment|

Rolf Wirtén

| 12 October 1979| 31 July 1980|  | Liberals

Ingemar Eliasson

| 31 July 1980| 22 May 1981|  | Liberals
Minister for Agriculture|

Anders Dahlgren

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Centre
Minister for Defence|

Eric Krönmark

| 12 October 1979| 5 May 1981|  | Moderate

Anders Dahlgren

| 5 May 1981| 22 May 1981|  | Centre
Minister for Communications|

Ulf Adelsohn

| 12 October 1979| 5 May 1981|  | Moderate

Olof Johansson

| 5 May 1981| 22 May 1981|  | Centre
Minister for Physical Planning and Local Government|

Karl Boo

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Centre
Minister for Housing|

Birgit Friggebo

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Liberals
Minister for Enterprise|

Nils G. Åsling

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Centre
Minister of Commerce and Industry|

Staffan Burenstam Linder

| 12 October 1979| 5 May 1981|  | Moderate

Jan-Erik Wikström

| 5 May 1981| 22 May 1981|  | Liberals
Ministers without portfolio
Health Care|

Elisabet Holm

| 12 October 1979| 5 May 1981|  | Moderate
Staff|

Olof Johansson

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Centre
School|

Britt Mogård

| 12 October 1979| 5 May 1981|  | Moderate
Migration and Equality|

Karin Andersson

| 12 October 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Centre
Planning|

Georg Danell

| 12 October 1979| 5 May 1981|  | Moderate
Energy and Criminals|

Carl Axel Petri

| 6 November 1979| 22 May 1981|  | Independent

## External links

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* The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden

Preceded by

Ola Ullsten's Cabinet

|  Cabinet of Sweden
1979–1981  | Succeeded by

Thorbjörn Fälldin's Third Cabinet

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