Rulers: Sweden
Ministries, etc.
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs
Ministers
31 Jul 1945 - 19 Sep 1962 Östen Undén (2nd time) (b. 1886 - d. 1974)
19 Sep 1962 - 1 Jul 1971 Torsten Nilsson (b. 1905 - d. 1997)
1 Jul 1971 - 2 Nov 1973 Krister Wickman (b. 1924 - d. 1993)
2 Nov 1973 - 8 Oct 1976 Sven Olof Andersson (b. 1910 - d. 1987)
8 Oct 1976 - 18 Oct 1978 Karin Söder (f) (b. 1928 - d. 2015)
18 Oct 1978 - 12 Oct 1979 Hans Blix (b. 1928)
12 Oct 1979 - 8 Oct 1982 Ola Ullsten (b. 1931 - d. 2018)
8 Oct 1982 - 14 Oct 1985 Lennart Bodström (b. 1928 - d. 2015)
14 Oct 1985 - 4 Oct 1991 Sten Andersson (b. 1923 - d. 2006)
4 Oct 1991 - 7 Oct 1994 Margaretha af Ugglas (f) (b. 1939)
7 Oct 1994 - 6 Oct 1998 Lena Hjelm-Wallén (f) (b. 1943)
6 Oct 1998 - 11 Sep 2003 Anna Lindh (f) (b. 1957 - d. 2003)
11 Sep 2003 - 3 Oct 2003 Jan O. Karlsson (acting) (b. 1939 - d. 2016)
3 Oct 2003 - 21 Mar 2006 Laila Freivalds (f) (b. 1942)
21 Mar 2006 - 27 Mar 2006 Bosse Ringholm (acting) (b. 1942)
27 Mar 2006 - 24 Apr 2006 Carin Jämtin (f) (acting) (b. 1964)
24 Apr 2006 - 6 Oct 2006 Jan Eliasson (b. 1940)
6 Oct 2006 - 3 Oct 2014 Carl Bildt (b. 1949)
3 Oct 2014 - 10 Sep 2019 Margot Wallström (f) (b. 1954)
10 Sep 2019 - 18 Oct 2022 Ann Linde (f) (b. 1961)
18 Oct 2022 - Tobias Billström (b. 1973)
Defense
Ministers
31 Jul 1945 - 1 Oct 1951 Allan Vougt (b. 1895 - d. 1953)
1 Oct 1951 - 22 Mar 1957 Torsten Nilsson (b. 1905 - d. 1997)
22 Mar 1957 - 2 Nov 1973 Sven Olof Andersson (b. 1910 - d. 1987)
2 Nov 1973 - 8 Oct 1976 Eric Holmqvist (b. 1917 - d. 2009)
8 Oct 1976 - 18 Oct 1978 Eric Krönmark (1st time) (b. 1931)
18 Oct 1978 - 12 Oct 1979 Lars De Geer (b. 1922 - d. 2002)
12 Oct 1979 - 5 May 1981 Eric Krönmark (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 May 1981 - 22 May 1981 Anders Dahlgren (acting) (b. 1925 - d. 1986)
22 May 1981 - 8 Oct 1982 Torsten Gustafsson (b. 1920 - d. 1994)
8 Oct 1982 - 1 Dec 1982 Börje Andersson (b. 1930 - d. 1994)
1 Dec 1982 - 17 Jan 1983 Curt Boström (acting) (b. 1926 - d. 2014)
17 Jan 1983 - 14 Oct 1985 Anders Thunborg (b. 1934 - d. 2004)
14 Oct 1985 - 4 Oct 1991 Roine Carlsson (b. 1937 - d. 2020)
4 Oct 1991 - 3 Oct 1994 Anders Björck (b. 1944)
3 Oct 1994 - 7 Oct 1994 Per Unckel (acting) (b. 1948 - d. 2011)
7 Oct 1994 - 1 Feb 1997 Thage G. Peterson (b. 1933)
1 Feb 1997 - 30 Sep 2002 Björn von Sydow (b. 1945)
30 Sep 2002 - 21 Oct 2002 Lena Hjelm-Wallén (f) (b. 1943)
21 Oct 2002 - 4 Nov 2002 Pär Nuder (acting) (b. 1963)
4 Nov 2002 - 6 Oct 2006 Leni Björklund (f) (b. 1944)
6 Oct 2006 - 5 Sep 2007 Mikael Odenberg (b. 1953)
5 Sep 2007 - 29 Mar 2012 Sten Tolgfors (b. 1966)
29 Mar 2012 - 18 Apr 2012 Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd (f) (b. 1965)
(acting)
18 Apr 2012 - 3 Oct 2014 Karin Enström (f) (b. 1966)
3 Oct 2014 - 18 Oct 2022 Peter Hultqvist (b. 1958)
18 Oct 2022 - Pål Jonson (b. 1972)
Finance
Ministers
28 Sep 1936 - 1 Jul 1949 Ernst Wigforss (b. 1881 - d. 1977)
1 Jul 1949 - 21 Oct 1949 David Hall (b. 1898 - d. 1957)
21 Oct 1949 - 12 Sep 1955 Per Edvin Sköld (b. 1891 - d. 1972)
12 Sep 1955 - 8 Oct 1976 Gunnar Sträng (b. 1906 - d. 1992)
- Budget -
8 Oct 1976 - 31 Jul 1980 Ingemar Mundebo (b. 1930 - d. 2018)
31 Jul 1980 - 8 Oct 1982 Rolf Wirtén (b. 1931 - d. 2023)
8 Oct 1982 - 31 Dec 1982 Kjell-Olof Feldt (b. 1931)
- Economy -
8 Oct 1976 - 18 Oct 1978 Gösta Bohman (1st time) (b. 1911 - d. 1997)
18 Oct 1978 - 12 Oct 1979 Ingemar Mundebo (s.a.)
12 Oct 1979 - 22 May 1981 Gösta Bohman (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 May 1981 - 8 Oct 1982 Rolf Wirtén (s.a.)
- Finance -
1 Jan 1983 - 16 Feb 1990 Kjell-Olof Feldt (s.a.)
16 Feb 1990 - 27 Feb 1990 Odd Engström (acting) (b. 1941 - d. 1998)
27 Feb 1990 - 4 Oct 1991 Allan Larsson (b. 1938)
4 Oct 1991 - 7 Oct 1994 Anne Wibble (f) (b. 1943 - d. 2000)
7 Oct 1994 - 22 Mar 1996 Göran Persson (b. 1949)
22 Mar 1996 - 12 Apr 1999 Erik Åsbrink (b. 1947)
12 Apr 1999 - 21 Oct 2004 Bosse Ringholm (b. 1942)
21 Oct 2004 - 6 Oct 2006 Pär Nuder (b. 1963)
6 Oct 2006 - 3 Oct 2014 Anders Borg (b. 1968)
3 Oct 2014 - 30 Nov 2021 Magdalena Andersson (f) (b. 1967)
30 Nov 2021 - 18 Oct 2022 Mikael Damberg (b. 1971)
18 Oct 2022 - Elisabeth Svantesson (f) (b. 1967)
Interior
1 Jul 1947 Ministry of the Interior established
31 Dec 1973 abolished
1 Jul 1996 Ministry of Civil Service renamed Ministry of the Interior
31 Dec 1998 abolished
3 Oct 2014 post restored (within Ministry of Justice)
Ministers
1 Jul 1947 - 1 Oct 1951 Eije Mossberg (b. 1908 - d. 1997)
1 Oct 1951 - 31 Oct 1957 Gunnar Hedlund (b. 1900 - d. 1989)
31 Oct 1957 - 24 Jan 1969 Rune Johansson (b. 1915 - d. 1982)
24 Jan 1969 - 2 Nov 1973 Eric Holmqvist (b. 1917 - d. 2009)
2 Nov 1973 - 31 Dec 1973 Ingemund Bengtsson (b. 1919 - d. 2000)
1 Jul 1996 - 7 Oct 1998 Jörgen Andersson (b. 1946)
7 Oct 1998 - 16 Nov 1998 Lars Engqvist (b. 1945)
16 Nov 1998 - 31 Dec 1998 Lars-Erik Lövdén (b. 1950)
3 Oct 2014 - 27 Jul 2017 Anders Ygeman (b. 1970)
27 Jul 2017 - 21 Jan 2019 Morgan Johansson (1st time) (b. 1970)
21 Jan 2019 - 30 Nov 2021 Mikael Damberg (b. 1971)
30 Nov 2021 - 18 Oct 2022 Morgan Johansson (2nd time) (s.a.)
Justice
Ministers
31 Jul 1945 - 31 Oct 1957 Herman Zetterberg (b. 1904 - d. 1963)
31 Oct 1957 - 1 Dec 1959 Ingvar Lindell (b. 1904 - d. 1993)
1 Dec 1959 - 14 Oct 1969 Herman Kling (b. 1913 - d. 1985)
14 Oct 1969 - 8 Oct 1976 Lennart Geijer (b. 1909 - d. 1999)
8 Oct 1976 - 12 Oct 1979 Sven Romanus (b. 1906 - d. 2005)
12 Oct 1979 - 22 May 1981 Håkan Winberg (b. 1931 - d. 2022)
22 May 1981 - 8 Oct 1982 Carl Axel Petri (b. 1929 - d. 2017)
8 Oct 1982 - 9 Nov 1983 Ove Rainer (b. 1925 - d. 1987)
9 Nov 1983 - 15 Nov 1983 Anna-Greta Leijon (f) (1st time) (b. 1939)
(acting)
15 Nov 1983 - 19 Oct 1987 Sten Wickbom (b. 1931 - d. 2015)
19 Oct 1987 - 7 Jun 1988 Anna-Greta Leijon (f) (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Jun 1988 - 4 Oct 1988 Thage G. Peterson (b. 1933)
4 Oct 1988 - 4 Oct 1991 Laila Freivalds (f) (1st time) (b. 1942)
4 Oct 1991 - 7 Oct 1994 Gun Hellsvik (f) (b. 1942 - d. 2016)
7 Oct 1994 - 21 Sep 2000 Laila Freivalds (f) (2nd time) (s.a.)
21 Sep 2000 - 11 Oct 2000 Lena Hjelm-Wallén (f) (b. 1943)
11 Oct 2000 - 6 Oct 2006 Thomas Bodström (b. 1962)
6 Oct 2006 - 3 Oct 2014 Beatrice Ask (f) (b. 1956)
3 Oct 2014 - 18 Oct 2022 Morgan Johansson (b. 1970)
18 Oct 2022 - Gunnar Strömmer (b. 1972)
Parliament
Riksdag
Speakers
- First Chamber -
1937 - 1955 Johan Nilsson (b. 1873 - d. 1963)
1956 - 1959 John Bergvall (b. 1892 - d. 1959)
1959 - 1964 Gustaf Sundelin (b. 1890 - d. 1970)
1965 - 31 Dec 1970 Erik Boheman (b. 1895 - d. 1979)
- Second Chamber -
1933 - 1952 August Sävström (b. 1879 - d. 1960)
1953 - 1957 Gustaf Nilsson (b. 1900 - d. 1977)
1958 - 17 Jul 1960 Patrik Svensson (b. 1895 - d. 1960)
1960 - 1968 Fridolf Thapper (b. 1899 - d. 1974)
1969 - 31 Dec 1970 Henry Allard (b. 1911 - d. 1996)
- unicameral Riksdag -
1 Jan 1971 - 1 Oct 1979 Henry Allard (s.a.)
1 Oct 1979 - 3 Oct 1988 Ingemund Bengtsson (b. 1919 - d. 2000)
3 Oct 1988 - 30 Sep 1991 Thage G. Peterson (b. 1933)
30 Sep 1991 - 3 Oct 1994 Ingegerd Troedsson (f) (b. 1929 - d. 2012)
3 Oct 1994 - 30 Sep 2002 Birgitta Dahl (f) (b. 1937)
30 Sep 2002 - 2 Oct 2006 Björn von Sydow (b. 1945)
2 Oct 2006 - 29 Sep 2014 Per Westerberg (b. 1951)
29 Sep 2014 - 24 Sep 2018 Urban Ahlin (b. 1964)
24 Sep 2018 - Andreas Norlén (b. 1973)
Political parties
Social Democratic Workers' Party
Leaders
1896 - 1907 Claes Tholin (b. 1860 - d. 1927)
1907 - 24 Feb 1925 Karl Hjalmar Branting (b. 1860 - d. 1925)
1925 - 6 Oct 1946 Per Albin Hansson (b. 1885 - d. 1946)
1946 - 1 Oct 1969 Tage Fritiof Erlander (b. 1901 - d. 1985)
1 Oct 1969 - 28 Feb 1986 Olof Palme (b. 1927 - d. 1986)
3 Mar 1986 - 15 Mar 1996 Ingvar Carlsson (b. 1934)
15 Mar 1996 - 17 Mar 2007 Göran Persson (b. 1949)
17 Mar 2007 - 25 Mar 2011 Mona Sahlin (f) (b. 1957)
25 Mar 2011 - 21 Jan 2012 Håkan Juholt (b. 1962)
27 Jan 2012 - 4 Nov 2021 Stefan Löfven (b. 1957)
4 Nov 2021 - Magdalena Andersson (f) (b. 1967)
Moderate Party
1904 General Electoral Association
1938 Conservative National Organization
1952 Conservative Party
1969 Moderate Coalition Party (commonly Moderate Party)
Leaders
1904 - 1905 Gustaf Fredrik Östberg (1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1924)
1905 - 1906 Axel G. Svedelius (b. 1836 - d. 1924)
1907 Hugo Tamm (b. 1840 - d. 1907)
1908 - 1912 Gustaf Fredrik Östberg (2nd time) (s.a.)
1912 - 1935 Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman (b. 1862 - d. 1936)
1935 - 1944 Gösta Bagge (b. 1882 - d. 1951)
1944 - 1950 Fritiof Domö (b. 1889 - d. 1961)
1950 - 1961 Jarl Hjalmarson (b. 1904 - d. 1993)
1961 - 1965 Gunnar Heckscher (b. 1909 - d. 1987)
1965 - 1970 Yngve Holmberg (b. 1925 - d. 2011)
1970 - 1981 Gösta Bohman (b. 1911 - d. 1997)
1981 - Aug 1986 Ulf Adelsohn (b. 1941)
Aug 1986 - 4 Sep 1999 Carl Bildt (b. 1949)
4 Sep 1999 - 26 Oct 2003 Bo Lundgren (b. 1947)
26 Oct 2003 - 10 Jan 2015 Fredrik Reinfeldt (b. 1965)
10 Jan 2015 - 1 Oct 2017 Anna Kinberg Batra (f) (b. 1970)
1 Oct 2017 - Ulf Kristersson (b. 1963)
Liberal Party
1900 Liberal Coalition Party
1924 Swedish Liberal Party
1934 People's Party (commonly Liberal Party)
Leaders
1900 - 1905 Sixten von Friesen (b. 1847 - d. 1921)
1905 - 4 Oct 1915 Karl Albert Staaff (b. 1860 - d. 1915)
1916 - 1917 Daniel Persson (b. 1850 - d. 1918)
1917 - 1923 Nils Edén (b. 1871 - d. 1945)
1923 - 1930 Eliel Löfgren (b. 1872 - d. 1940)
1930 - 1933 Ernst Lyberg (b. 1874 - d. 1952)
1933 - 1934 Karl Andreas Andersson (b. 1875 - d. 1968)
1934 - 1935 Felix Hamrin (b. 1875 - d. 1937)
(chairman Council of Representatives)
1934 - 1935 Ola Jeppsson (b. 1887 - d. 1941)
(chairman Executive Committee)
1935 - 1944 Gustaf Andersson (b. 1884 - d. 1961)
1944 - 1967 Bertil Ohlin (b. 1899 - d. 1979)
1967 - 1969 Sven Wedén (b. 1913 - d. 1976)
1969 - 1975 Gunnar Helén (b. 1918 - d. 2002)
Nov 1975 - 1978 Per Ahlmark (b. 1939 - d. 2018)
Mar 1978 - 1983 Ola Ullsten (b. 1931 - d. 2018)
1983 - 4 Feb 1995 Bengt Westerberg (b. 1943)
4 Feb 1995 - 15 Mar 1997 Maria Leissner (f) (b. 1956)
15 Mar 1997 - 7 Sep 2007 Lars Leijonborg (b. 1949)
7 Sep 2007 - 28 Jun 2019 Jan Björklund (b. 1962)
28 Jun 2019 - Nyamko Sabuni (f) (b. 1969)
Liberal People's Party
Jan 1924 secession of Liberal People's Party (Prohibitionists)
1934 party reunited as People's Party
Leaders
Jan 1924 - 1932 Carl Gustaf Ekman (b. 1872 - d. 1945)
1932 - 1934 Ola Jeppsson (s.a.)
Centre Party
1913 Agrarian Party
1957 Centre Party
Leaders
1913 - 1916 Carl Berglund (b. 1859 - d. 1921)
1916 - 1919 Erik Eriksson (b. 1864 - d. 1939)
1919 - 1924 Johan Andersson (b. 1866 - d. 1924)
1924 - 1928 Johan Johansson (b. 1866 - d. 1928)
1929 - 1934 Olof Olsson (b. 1859 - d. 1934)
1934 - 1949 Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (b. 1883 - d. 1954)
1949 - 1971 Gunnar Hedlund (b. 1900 - d. 1989)
1971 - 1986 Thorbjörn Fälldin (b. 1926 - d. 2016)
Jun 1986 - 22 Feb 1987 Karin Söder (f) (b. 1928 - d. 2015)
22 Feb 1987 - 15 Jun 1998 Olof Johansson (b. 1937)
15 Jun 1998 - 19 Mar 2001 Lennart Daléus (b. 1946)
19 Mar 2001 - 23 Sep 2011 Maud Olofsson (f) (b. 1955)
23 Sep 2011 - Annie Lööf (f) (b. 1983)
Left Party
1917 - 1923 Social Democratic Left Party
1921 Communist Party
1967 Left Party Communists
1990 Left Party
Leaders
1917 Carl Vinberg (b. 1867 - d. 1954)
+ Zeth Höglund (b. 1884 - d. 1956)
1918 Ernst Åström (b. 1876 - d. 1936)
+ Karl Kilbom (b. 1885 - d. 1961)
1919 - 1921 Zeth Höglund (s.a.)
+ Karl Kilbom (s.a.)
1921 Nils Andersson
1922 - 1923 Otto Nygren
1921 - 1924 Zeth Höglund (s.a.)
(leading separate faction to 1926)
1924 - 1929 Nils Flyg (b. 1891 - d. 1943)
(leading separate ["Kilbom"] faction [from 1934
Socialist Party] to 9 Jan 1943)
1929 - 1951 Sven Linderot (b. 1889 - d. 1956)
1951 - 5 Jan 1964 Hilding Hagberg (b. 1899 - d. 1993)
5 Jan 1964 - Mar 1975 C.H. Hermansson (b. 1917 - d. 2016)
Mar 1975 - 7 Jan 1993 Lars Werner (b. 1935 - d. 2013)
7 Jan 1993 - Feb 2003 Gudrun Schyman (f) (b. 1948)
Feb 2003 - 20 Feb 2004 Ulla Hoffmann (f) (acting) (b. 1942)
20 Feb 2004 - 6 Jan 2012 Lars Ohly (b. 1957)
6 Jan 2012 - 31 Oct 2020 Jonas Sjöstedt (b. 1964)
31 Oct 2020 - Nooshi Dadgostar (f) (b. 1985)
Christian Democrats
Leaders
15 Apr 1964 - 5 Jul 1972 Birger Ekstedt (b. 1921 - d. 1972)
20 Jan 1973 - 3 Apr 2004 Alf Svensson (b. 1938)
3 Apr 2004 - 25 Apr 2015 Göran Hägglund (b. 1959)
25 Apr 2015 - Ebba Busch Thor (f) (b. 1987)
The Greens
1981 Environment Party the Greens founded
Speakers
1981 - 1984 none
1984 - 1985 Ragnhild Pohanka (f) (b. 1932 - d. 2021)
+ Per Gahrton (b. 1943)
1985 - 1986 Ragnhild Pohanka (f) (s.a.)
+ Birger Schlaug (b. 1949)
1986 - 1988 Eva Goës (f) (b. 1947)
+ Birger Schlaug (s.a.)
1988 - 1990 Fiona Björling (f) (b. 1944)
+ Anders Nordin (b. 1949)
1990 - 1991 Margareta Gisselberg (f) (b. 1938)
+ Jan Axelsson (b. 1939 - d. 2018)
1991 - 1992 Jan Axelsson (s.a.)
1992 - 1999 Marianne Samuelsson (f) (b. 1945)
+ Birger Schlaug (s.a.)
1999 - 2000 Lotta N. Hedström (f) (b. 1955)
+ Birger Schlaug (s.a.)
2000 - 2002 Lotta N. Hedström (f) (s.a.)
+ Matz Hammarström (b. 1959)
2002 - 2011 Maria Wetterstrand (f) (b. 1973)
+ Peter Eriksson (b. 1958)
21 May 2011 - 13 May 2016 Åsa Romson (f) (b. 1972)
+ Gustav Fridolin (b. 1983)
13 May 2016 - 4 May 2019 Isabella Lövin (f) (b. 1963)
+ Gustav Fridolin (s.a.)
4 May 2019 - 31 Jan 2021 Isabella Lövin (f) (s.a.)
+ Per Bolund (b. 1971)
31 Jan 2021 - Märta Stenevi (f) (b. 1976)
+ Per Bolund (s.a.)
Sweden Democrats
Speakers
1988 - 1989 Leif Zeilon (b. 1950)
+ Jonny Berg
1989 - 1990 Ola Sundberg
+ Anders Klarström (b. 1965)
1990 - 1992 Anders Klarström (s.a.)
+ Madeleine Larsson (f)
Leaders
1992 - 1995 Anders Klarström (s.a.)
1995 - 2005 Mikael Jansson (b. 1965)
7 May 2005 - Jimmie Åkesson (b. 1979)