Word: lindman
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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There is no real majority in the Andra Kammaren (Lower House) at Stockholm, any more than there is one in the Chamber of Deputies at Paris. But Swedes are naturally less prone to sudden topplings down of Governments than Frenchmen. The previous Cabinet (Conservative) of Admiral Arvid Lindman, who was forced out fortnight ago (TIME, June 9), had remained in office for 20 months although out of 230 deputies in the Andra Kammaren only 73 are Conservative...
...seemed to be the best tail King Gustaf could have chosen to wag the Swedish dog. Irt 1926, in similar circumstances, His Majesty made the Great Templar Prime Minister for the first time, and Tail Ekman then wagged Sweden very satisfactorily until 1928, when he was succeeded by Admiral Lindman whom he now succeeds...
Defeated in both houses of the Riksdag on its proposal to boost the tariff on imported wheat, Sweden's cabinet, headed by conservative Admiral Arvid Lindman, sent in its resignations last week...
...Lindman cabinet was conservative in complexion. It had been in office since October, 1928. but recently was bereft of a working majority in both Riksdag chambers...