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1956 general election

1956 general election: The 16 September election left the Social Democrats with 106 seats; they continued their coalition with the Farmers' League, though growing disagreement over pension reform would split the government the following year.

Tier
C
Confidence
B
Bias risk
Medium
Kind
election
Date
1956-09-16

1956 general election: The 16 September election left the Social Democrats with 106 seats; they continued their coalition with the Farmers’ League, though growing disagreement over pension reform would split the government the following year.

In the chronology of the Swedish model, this anchors 1956 under Tage Erlander as a year shaped by institutions, public conflict, reform, or security policy rather than cabinet arithmetic alone.

Source confidence is B: the basic event is promoted, while broader interpretation still depends on the cited source tier and later primary-source upgrades.

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