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Third Cabinet of Hansson
Cabinet of Sweden
The newly formed government assembled at Stockholm Palace in December 1939. From left to right: Bagge, Andersson, Bergquist, Möller, Westman, Quensel, Günther, Domö, Hansson (carrying a briefcase), Wigforss, Sköld, Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Eriksson.
Date formed	13 December 1939 (1939-12-13)
Date dissolved	31 July 1945 (1945-07-31)
People and organisations
Head of government	Per Albin Hansson
Member party	Social Democratic Party People's Party Farmers' League National Organization of the Right
History
Predecessor	Second cabinet of Hansson
Successor	Fourth cabinet of Hansson

The third cabinet of Per Albin Hansson (Swedish: Regeringen Hansson III) was the cabinet of Sweden between 13 December 1939 and 31 July 1945. It consisted of members from the Social Democratic Party, the Farmers' League, the People's Party and the National Organization of the Right. It was a national unity government formed for reasons of national stability during World War II, and its constituent parties represented 219 out of the 230 seats in the Parliament of Sweden since the 1936 general election. Two parties of the 1936–1940 parliament were kept out of the government, the pro-Soviet Communist Party and the Socialist Party, which veered between Communist and Nazi positions, and lost its parliamentary representation in 1940. After the 1940 general election, the government represented 227 out of the 230 seats in parliament, and after 1944 general election, 215 out of 230.

After the end of World War II, the coalition government was dissolved on 31 July 1945, and was replaced by a government consisting only of social democrat ministers, as this party held 115 out of 230 seats in parliament.

Ministers

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• 1939 establishments in Sweden
• Cabinets of Sweden
• Politics of Sweden
• 1945 disestablishments in Sweden
• Cabinets established in 1939
• Cabinets disestablished in 1945
• Per Albin Hansson