The Palme I cabinet () was the government of Sweden from 14 October 1969 to 8 October 1976. It was a Social Democratic single-party government led by Prime Minister Olof Palme. During the reign of this cabinet, the Swedish bicameral parliament was abolished and replaced with the current unicameral one.
The cabinet was installed as incumbent Prime Minister Tage Erlander left the party chairmanship. It began as a majority government in both the upper and lower house after the Social Democrats received 50.1 percent of the votes in the 1968 general election. After the 1970 general election, the cabinet continued in the new unicameral parliament as a minority government with flexible support from the Left Party – the Communists. The cabinet resigned following a defeat in the 1976 general election and was succeeded by the centre-right Fälldin I cabinet.
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.Östberg (2009)
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