Per Albin Hansson

His Excellency Per Albin Hansson
Hansson in 1937
Prime Minister of Sweden
In office 28 September 1936 – 6 October 1946
Monarch	Gustaf V
Preceded by	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Succeeded by	Tage Erlander
In office 24 September 1932 – 19 June 1936
Monarch	Gustaf V
Preceded by	Felix Hamrin
Succeeded by	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Minister for Defence[a]
In office 10 March 1920 – 27 October 1920
Prime Minister	Hjalmar Branting
Preceded by	Erik Nilsson
Succeeded by	Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld
In office 13 October 1921 – 19 April 1923
Prime Minister	Hjalmar Branting
Preceded by	Otto Lybeck
Succeeded by	Carl Malmroth
In office 18 October 1924 – 7 June 1926
Prime Minister	Hjalmar Branting Rickard Sandler
Preceded by	Carl Malmroth
Succeeded by	Gustav Rosén
Personal details
Born	Per Albin Hansson (1885-10-28)28 October 1885 Malmö, Sweden
Died	6 October 1946(1946-10-06) (aged 60) Stockholm, Sweden
Resting place	Norra begravningsplatsen
Political party	Social Democrats
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth Fryckberg ​ (m. 1918)​ Sigrid Vestdahl ​ (m. 1926)​
Cabinet	Hansson I cabinet Hansson II cabinet Hansson III cabinet Hansson IV cabinet
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Per Albin Hansson (28 October 1885 – 6 October 1946) was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946,^[1] governing all that period save for a short-lived crisis in the summer of 1936, which he ended by forming a coalition government with his main adversary, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp. He has been described as one of the fathers of modern Sweden.^[2]

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