Palme I cabinet

Olof Palme's First Cabinet
41st Cabinet of Sweden
Date formed	14 October 1969
Date dissolved	8 October 1976
People and organisations
Monarch	Gustaf VI Adolf (until 1973) Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Olof Palme
Member party	Social Democrats
Status in legislature	Single-party majority (until 1970) Single-party minority (from 1970)
Opposition party	Centre Party Liberal People's Party Moderate Party
Opposition leader	Gunnar Hedlund (C) (until 1971) Thorbjörn Fälldin (C) (from 1971)
History
Legislature terms	1970–1973 1973–1976
Predecessor	Erlander III
Successor	Fälldin I

The first cabinet of Olof Palme was the cabinet and government of Sweden from 14 October 1969^[1] to 8 October 1976.^[2]

Swedish politics during the reign of this cabinet was eventful. During this period, a wave of major strikes broke out and the IB affair, a covert domestic espionage program perpetrated by the state was uncovered. The Norrmalmstorg robbery and subsequent hostage situation took place in 1973, and two years later the West German Embassy siege occurred.^[3]