[1] Since 1933, the Social Democrats had organized cooperation with the Farmers' League, when a historic compromise was reached between the parties regarding political collaboration, which was an important part of the Swedish model.

[1] The reason for the resignation was that it did not get the support in parliament for its defense policy, even though it was only three months left to the autumn general election.

[1] The fall elections were a major success for the Social Democrats, which gave rise to the Prime Minister to submit the government's resignation.

[1] On 9 December 1938 Janne Nilsson died and was replaced by a social democratic politician, Per Edvin Sköld.

[3] In the period leading to World War II, the Government implemented a number of social reforms, including expensive district grouping of basic pensions and the introduction of two weeks paid vacation for all workers.