Karl-August Fagerholm's third cabinet was the 44th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from September 29, 1958 to January 13, 1959. It was Majority government.

Fagerholm's third cabinet was formed after parliament elections in 1958

Finnish parliamentary election, 1958

Year 1958 Eduskunta election took place 6–7 July 1958. As the result of the election Democratic Alliance of the Finnish People has been one of a few cases for a communist party to have become the dominant party in a Western European country during the Cold War...

. The winner of the elections was Finnish People's Democratic League

Finnish People's Democratic League

Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

, but it wasn't taken to the government, so the cabinet's biggest party was Social Democratic Party led by Karl-August Fagerholm

Karl-August Fagerholm

Karl-August Fagerholm was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland . Fagerholm became chairman of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War...

. The Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 didn't trust the Social Democratic Väinö Leskinen

Väinö Leskinen

Väinö Olavi Leskinen was a Finnish politician, minister and a member of the parliament from Social Democratic Party of Finland...

's supporters. The Finnish-Soviet crisis became known as "night frost" and the government was known as "night frost cabinet". The Agrarian League resigned from the government and then the entire cabinet resigned.

Assembly

Minister	Period of office	Party
Prime Minister Karl-August Fagerholm Karl-August Fagerholm Karl-August Fagerholm was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland . Fagerholm became chairman of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War...	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	Social Democrat Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Johannes Virolainen Johannes Virolainen Johannes Virolainen was a Finnish politician.Virolainen was born near Viipuri. After the Continuation War Virolainen moved to Lohja, but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated Karelians, and never gave up the hope that Soviet Union and later Russia would return Finnish Karelia to Finland... Karl-August Fagerholm Karl-August Fagerholm Karl-August Fagerholm was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland . Fagerholm became chairman of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War...	September 29, 1958 – December 4, 1958 December 4, 1958 – January 13, 1959	Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...
Minister of Justice Sven Högström	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	Swedish People's Party
Minister of Defence Toivo Wiherheimo	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	National Coalition Party
Minister of the Interior Atte Pakkanen	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...
Minister of Finance Päiviö Hetemäki Päiviö Hetemäki Päiviö Hetemäki was a politician of the National Coalition Party in Finland. He served four times as a minister in the Finnish Council of State. Hetemäki was also the chairman of the Confederation of Finnish Industries....	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	National Coalition Party
Deputy Minister of Finance Mauno Jussila	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...
Minister of Education Kaarlo Kajatsalo	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	People's Party of Finland
Minister of Agriculture Martti Miettunen Martti Miettunen Martti Johannes Miettunen , was a politician in Finland. He was prime minister in 1961–1962 and 1975–1977.Miettunen was born in Simo... Urho Kähönen	September 29, 1958 – December 4, 1958 December 4, 1958 – January 13, 1959	Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Niilo Kosola	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	National Coalition Party
Minister of Transport and Public Works Kustaa Eskola	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...
Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works Olavi Lindblom	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	Social Democrat Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...
Minister of Trade and Industry Onni Hiltunen Onni Hiltunen Onni Alfred Hiltunen was a Finnish politician, minister in several cabinets and chairman of the Social Democratic Party ....	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	Social Democrat Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Toivo Wiherheimo	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	National Coalition Party
Minister of Social Affairs Väinö Leskinen Väinö Leskinen Väinö Olavi Leskinen was a Finnish politician, minister and a member of the parliament from Social Democratic Party of Finland...	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	Social Democrat Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...
Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Rafael Paasio Rafael Paasio Kustaa Rafael Paasio was a prominent Finnish politician and editor from Social Democratic Party. He served as Prime Minister of Finland twice ....	September 29, 1958–January 13, 1959	Social Democrat Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...