1951
Left bloc · SErlander forms a coalition with the Farmers' League, stabilising Social Democratic rule.
1951 infographic: coalition, inflation taxes, Lagerkvist Nobel, and Salming
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Highlights
- Coalition government: On 1 October, Erlander's Social Democrats entered coalition with the Farmers' League (Bondeförbundet), forming the Erlander II Cabinet with a combined 136 seats — a majority that would hold until 1957.
- Anti-inflation taxes: On 9 May, the Riksdag passed a package of new taxes designed to curb purchasing power and dampen inflation fuelled partly by the Korean War commodity boom.
- Börje Salming born: Ice hockey legend Börje Salming was born on 17 April; he would later become one of the first Swedes to star in the NHL.
Events in this year
1951 Pär Lagerkvist receives the Nobel Prize in Literature NobelPrize.org records the 1951 Literature prize as awarded to Swedish writer Pär Fabian Lagerkvist. The event gives 1951 a cultural-canon anchor beside the Erlander coalition story. Culture 1951-10-01 SAP–Centre Red-Green Coalition Formed 1951 On 1 October 1951 Tage Erlander formed a coalition between the Social Democrats and Bondeförbundet (the Farmers' League, later Centerpartiet), with Gunnar Hedlund as Minister for Home Affairs. The red-green pact stabilised SAP rule across the 1950s before collapsing over the ATP pension question in 1957. Reform