Fälldin II cabinet

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.

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 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

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
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

• 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