The Minister for Finance[a] (Swedish: Finansminister) of Sweden, officially Cabinet Minister and Head of the Ministry of Finance (Swedish: statsråd och chef för finansdepartementet), is a member of the Government of Sweden and is the head of the Ministry of Finance.
| Minister for Finance | |
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| Finansminister | |
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| Ministry of Finance | |
| Member of | Government of Sweden National Security Council |
| Seat | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister |
| Term length | No fixed term serves at the discretion of the Prime Minister |
| Formation | 16 May 1840 |
| First holder | Johan Didrik af Wingård |
| Deputy | State Secretary for Finance |
| Website | www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2062 |
It is often considered to be the most influential political office in Sweden, following the Prime Minister.
List of officeholders
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Independent
Historical parties:
Lantmanna
Moderate
National Party
Liberals
Liberals
Liberals
Liberals
Present parties:
Social Democrats
Moderate
Centre
Left
Liberals
Christian Democrats
Green
Sweden Democrats
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Denotes acting Minister for Finance
Minister for Finance 1840–1976edit | ||||||||
| Portrait | Minister for Finance (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| Johan Didrik af Wingård (1778–1854) [3] | 16 May 1840 | 29 December 1842 | 2 years, 227 days | Independent | – | M. Posse I | ||
| Sven Munthe (1787–1873) [3] | 29 December 1842 | 10 April 1848 | 5 years, 103 days | Independent | – | Gyllenhaal Nordenfalk M. Posse II | ||
| Anders Peter Sandströmer (1804–1857) [3] | 10 April 1848 | 7 January 1851 | 2 years, 272 days | Independent | – | Sparre | ||
| Johan August Gripenstedt (1813–1874) Acting [3] | 7 January 1851 | 21 October 1851 | 287 days | Independent | – | Sparre | ||
| Otto Palmstierna (1790–1878) [3] | 21 October 1851 | 28 May 1856 | 4 years, 220 days | Independent | – | Sparre | ||
| Johan August Gripenstedt (1813–1874) [3] | 28 May 1856 | 4 July 1866 | 10 years, 37 days | Independent | – | Günther De Geer d.ä. I | ||
| Gustaf Lagercrantz (1816–1867) [3] | 4 July 1866 | 31 May 1867 | 331 days | Independent | – | De Geer d.ä. I | ||
| Gustaf af Ugglas (1820–1895) [3] | 23 August 1867 | 12 May 1870 | 2 years, 262 days | Independent | – | De Geer d.ä. I | ||
| Carl Fredrik Wærn (1819–1899) [3] | 12 May 1870 | 28 September 1874 | 4 years, 139 days | Independent | – | Adlercreutz Carleson | ||
| Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833–1900) [3] | 28 September 1874 | 11 May 1875 | 225 days | Independent | – | Carleson | ||
| Hans Forssell (1843–1901) [3] | 11 May 1875 | 7 December 1880 | 5 years, 210 days | Independent | – | De Geer d.ä. II Posse | ||
| Arvid Posse (1843–1901) [3] | 7 December 1880 | 8 March 1881 | 91 days | Lantmanna | – | Posse | ||
| Robert Themptander (1844–1897) [3] | 8 March 1881 | 28 May 1886 | 5 years, 81 days | Independent Liberal | – | Thyselius Themptander | ||
| Claës Gustaf Adolf Tamm (1838–1925) [3] | 28 May 1886 | 6 February 1888 | 1 year, 254 days | Independent | – | Themptander | ||
| Fredrik von Essen (1831–1921) [3] | 6 February 1888 | 6 November 1894 | 6 years, 273 days | Moderate | – | G. Bildt Åkerhielm Boström I | ||
| Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907) [3] | 6 November 1894 | 15 March 1895 | 129 days | Lantmanna | – | Boström I | ||
| Claës Wersäll (1848–1919) [3] | 15 March 1895 | 16 July 1897 | 2 years, 123 days | Independent | – | Boström I | ||
| Hans Hansson Wachtmeister (1851–1929) [3] | 16 July 1897 | 5 July 1902 | 4 years, 354 days | Moderate | – | von Otter | ||
| Ernst Meyer (1847–1925) [3] | 5 July 1902 | 2 August 1905 | 3 years, 28 days | Liberals | – | Boström II Ramstedt | ||
| Elof Biesèrt (1862–1928) [3] | 2 August 1905 | 29 May 1906 | 300 days | Liberals | M–L L | Lundeberg Staaff I | ||
| Carl Swartz (1858–1926) [3] | 29 May 1906 | 7 October 1911 | 5 years, 131 days | Electoral League | Electoral League | Lindman I | ||
| Theodor Adelswärd (1860–1929) [3] | 7 October 1911 | 17 February 1914 | 2 years, 133 days | Liberals | L | Staaff II | ||
| Axel Vennersten (1863–1948) [3] | 17 February 1914 | 30 March 1917 | 3 years, 41 days | Independent | – | Hammarskjöld | ||
| Conrad Carleson (1868–1954) [3] | 30 March 1917 | 19 October 1917 | 203 days | National Party | National Party | Swartz | ||
| Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925) [3] | 19 October 1917 | 5 January 1918 | 78 days | Social Democrats | L–S/SAP | Edén | ||
| Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson (1865–1925) [3] | 5 January 1918 | 30 June 1920 | 2 years, 177 days | Social Democrats | L–S/SAP S/SAP | Edén Branting I | ||
| Rickard Sandler (1884–1964) [3] | 30 June 1920 | 27 October 1920 | 119 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Branting I | ||
| Henric Tamm (1869–1936) [3] | 20 October 1920 | 23 February 1921 | 119 days | Independent | – | De Geer d.y. | ||
| Jacob Beskow (1876–1928) [3] | 23 February 1921 | 13 October 1921 | 232 days | Independent | – | von Sydow | ||
| Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson (1865–1925) [3] | 13 October 1921 | 19 April 1923 | 1 year, 188 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Branting II | ||
| Jacob Beskow (1876–1928) [3] | 19 April 1923 | 28 January 1924 | 284 days | National Party | National Party | Trygger | ||
| Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson (1865–1925) [3] | 28 January 1924 | 5 May 1925 | 1 year, 97 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Branting III Sandler | ||
| Ernst Wigforss (1881–1977) [3] | 8 May 1925 | 7 June 1926 | 1 year, 30 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Sandler | ||
| Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945) [3] | 7 June 1926 | 30 September 1926 | 115 days | Liberals | L–L | Ekman I | ||
| Ernst Lyberg (1874–1952) [3] | 30 September 1926 | 2 October 1928 | 2 years, 2 days | Liberals | L–L | Ekman I | ||
| Nils Wohlin (1881–1948) [3] | 2 October 1928 | 10 June 1929 | 251 days | Electoral League | Electoral League | Lindman II | ||
| Adolf Dahl (1868–1930) [3] | 10 June 1929 | 7 June 1930 | 362 days | Electoral League | Electoral League | Lindman II | ||
| Felix Hamrin (1875–1937) [3] | 7 June 1930 | 24 September 1932 | 2 years, 109 days | Liberals | L | Ekman II Hamrin | ||
| Ernst Wigforss (1881–1977) [3] | 24 September 1932 | 19 June 1936 | 3 years, 269 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Hansson I | ||
| Vilmar Ljungdahl (1892–1963) [3] | 19 June 1936 | 28 September 1936 | 101 days | Centre | C | Pehrsson-Bramstorp | ||
| Ernst Wigforss (1881–1977) [3] | 28 September 1936 | 30 June 1949 | 12 years, 275 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP–C (1936 – 1939) S/SAP–C–M–L (1939 – 1945) S/SAP (1945 – 1949) | Hansson II Hansson III Hansson IV Erlander I | ||
| David Hall (1898–1957) [3] | 30 June 1949 | 17 October 1949 | 109 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Erlander I | ||
| Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) [3] | 17 October 1949 | 12 September 1955 | 5 years, 330 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP–C | Erlander II | ||
| Gunnar Sträng (1906–1992) [3] | 12 September 1955 | 8 October 1976 | 21 years, 26 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP–C S/SAP | Erlander II Erlander III Palme I | ||
| Gösta Bohman (1911–1997) [3] | 8 October 1976 | 26 November 1976 | 49 days | Moderate | C–M–L | Fälldin I | ||
| Position abolished between 1976 and 1983. It was split between the offices of minister of the budget and the minister of economics. | ||||||||
Minister for Finance 1983–presentedit | ||||||||
| Portrait | Minister for Finance (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet | |||
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| Kjell-Olof Feldt (born 1931) [3] | 1 January 1983 | 15 February 1990 | 7 years, 45 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Palme II Carlsson I | ||
| Odd Engström (1941–1998) Acting [3] | 15 February 1990 | 27 February 1990 | 12 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Carlsson I | ||
| Allan Larsson (born 1938) [3] | 27 February 1990 | 4 October 1991 | 1 year, 219 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Carlsson II | ||
| Anne Wibble (1943–2000) [3] | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Liberals | M–C–L–KD | C. Bildt | ||
| Göran Persson (born 1949) [3] | 7 October 1994 | 22 March 1996 | 1 year, 167 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Carlsson III | ||
| Erik Åsbrink (born 1947) [3] | 22 March 1996 | 12 April 1999 | 3 years, 21 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Persson | ||
| Bosse Ringholm (born 1942) [3] | 12 April 1999 | 31 October 2004 | 5 years, 202 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Persson | ||
| Pär Nuder (born 1963) | 31 October 2004 | 6 October 2006 | 1 year, 340 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Persson | ||
| Anders Borg (born 1968) | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | 7 years, 362 days | Moderate | M–C–L–KD | Reinfeldt | ||
| Magdalena Andersson (born 1967) | 3 October 2014 | 30 November 2021 | 7 years, 58 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP–MP | Löfven I- II- III | ||
| Mikael Damberg (born 1971) | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP | Andersson | ||
| Elisabeth Svantesson (born 1967) | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 35 days | Moderate | M–KD–L | Kristersson | ||
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Timeline
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See also
edit- Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (historical antecedent)
Footnotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Utrikes namnbok : svenska myndigheter, organisationer, titlar, EU-organ och länder på engelska, tyska, franska, spanska, finska och ryska (PDF) (11th ed.). Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2021. p. 71. ISBN 978-91-986574-2-5.
- ^ Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 213. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az "Finansdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000 (in Swedish). Höganäs: Bra Böcker. 2000. ISBN 91-7133-747-4.