Minister for Education (Sweden)
| Minister for Education
Statsråd och chef för utbildningsdepartmentet | |
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| Ministry of Education and Research | |
| Member of | The Government |
| Seat | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister |
| Term length |
No fixed term Serves as long as the incumbent doesn’t have majority support in the Riksdag or support from the Prime Minister |
| Formation |
16 May 1840 (as Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs) 1 January 1968 (as Minister for Education) 6 June 1974 (as Councilor of State and Head of the Ministry of Education and Research) |
| First holder |
1840: Albrecht Elof Ihre 1968: Olof Palme |
| Website | |
The Minister for Education (Swedish: utbildningsminister) is the education minister of Sweden and the head of the Ministry of Education and Research.
The current Minister for Education is Gustav Fridolin of the Green Party.
History
As a result of the ministry reform in 1840, the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs (Swedish: Ecklesiastikdepartementet) was instituted. The head of the ministry was the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs, with the responsibility of culture, Church of Sweden, research and education. In 1968, the Ministry of Esslesiastical Affairs changed its name to the Ministry of Education and Research (Swedish: Utbildningsdepartmentet). The head of the Ministry of Education and Research is the Minister for Education.
List of officeholders
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (1840—1967)
- 1840–1840 Albrecht Elof Ihre (1797–1877)
- 1840–1842 Samuel Grubbe (1786–1853)
- 1842–1844 Christopher Isac Heurlin (1786–1860)
- 1844–1848 Fredrik Otto Silfverstolpe (1795–1882)
- 1848–1852 Paulus Genberg (1811–75)
- 1852–1855 Henrik Reuterdahl (1795–1870)
- 1855–1859 Lars Anton Anjou (1803–84)
- 1859–1860 Henning Hamilton (1814–86)
- 1860–1863 Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–91)
- 1863–1870 Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson (1811–87)
- 1870–1875 Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901)
- 1875–1878 Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson (1811–87)
- 1878–1880 Carl Gustaf Malmström (1822–1912)
- 1880–1888 Carl Hammarskjöld (1838–98)
- 1888–1891 Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901)
- 1891–1898 Gustaf Gilljam (1832–1908)
- 1898–1902 Nils Claëson (1848–1910)
- 1902–1905 Carl von Friesen (1846–1905)
- 1905–1905 Karl Husberg (1854–1928)
- 1905–1905 Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)
- 1905–1906 Fridtjuv Berg (1851–1916)
- 1906–1909 Hugo Hammarskjöld (1845–1937)
- 1909–1911 Elof Lindström (1863–1924)
- 1911–1914 Fridtjuv Berg (1851–1916)
- 1914–1917 Karl Gustaf Westman (1876–1944)
- 1917–1917 Alexis Hammarström (1858–1936)
- 1917–1919 Värner Rydén (1878–1930), Social Democratic Party
- 1919–1920 Olof Olsson (1872–1939), Social Democratic Party
- 1920–1921 Bengt J:son Bergqvist (1860–1936), independent
- 1921–1923 Olof Olsson (1872–1939), Social Democratic Party
- 1923–1924 Sam Clason (1867–1925), Rightist Party
- 1924–1926 Olof Olsson (1872–1939), Social Democratic Party
- 1926–1928 John Almkvist (1875–1946), Freeminded People's Party
- 1928–1930 Claes Lindskog (1870–1954), Rightist Party
- 1930–1932 Sam Stadener (1872–1937), Freeminded People's Party
- 1932–1936 Arthur Engberg (1888–1944), Social Democratic Party
- 1936–1936 Tor Andræ (1885–1947), independent
- 1936–1939 Arthur Engberg (1888–1944), Social Democratic Party
- 1939–1944 Gösta Bagge (1882–1951), Rightist Party
- 1944–1945 Georg Andrén (1890–1969), Rightist Party
- 1945–1946 Tage Erlander (1901–85), Social Democratic Party
- 1946–1951 Josef Weijne (1893–1951), Social Democratic Party
- 1951–1951 Hildur Nygren (1896–1962), Social Democratic Party
- 1951–1957 Ivar Persson (1901–79), Farmers' League
- 1957–1967 Ragnar Edenman (1914–98), Social Democratic Party
- 1967–1967 Olof Palme (1927–86), Social Democratic Party
Minister for Education (1968—present)
| Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Election | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| Olof Palme (1927–1986) | 1 January 1968 | 14 October 1969 | 1 year, 286 days | Social Democratic | 1968 | Tage Erlander (S) | ||
| Ingvar Carlsson (born 1934) | 14 October 1969 | 2 November 1973 | 4 years, 19 days | Social Democratic | – | Olof Palme (S) | ||
| Bertil Zachrisson (born 1926) | 2 November 1973 | 8 October 1976 | 2 years, 341 days | Social Democratic | 1973 | Olof Palme (S) | ||
| Jan-Erik Wikström (born 1932) | 8 October 1976 | 8 October 1982 | 6 years, 0 days | Liberal People's | 1976 1979 | Thorbjörn Fälldin (C) (1976 – 1978, 1979–1982) Ola Ullsten (FP) (1978 – 1979) | ||
| Lena Hjelm-Wallén (born 1943) | 8 October 1982 | 16 October 1985 | 3 years, 8 days | Social Democratic | 1982 | Olof Palme (S) | ||
| Lennart Bodström (1928–2015) | 16 October 1985 | 29 January 1989 | 3 years, 105 days | Social Democratic | 1985 1988 | Olof Palme (S) (1985 – 1986) Ingvar Carlsson (S) (1986 – 1989) | ||
| Bengt Göransson (born 1932) | 29 January 1989 | 3 October 1991 | 2 years, 247 days | Social Democratic | – | Ingvar Carlsson (S) | ||
| Per Unckel (1948–2011) | 3 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 4 days | Moderate | 1991 | Carl Bildt (M) | ||
| Carl Tham (born 1939) | 7 October 1994 | 6 October 1998 | 3 years, 364 days | Social Democratic | 1994 | Ingvar Carlsson (S) (1994 – 1996) Göran Persson (S) (1996 – 2002) | ||
| Thomas Östros (born 1965) | 6 October 1998 | 21 October 2004 | 6 years, 15 days | Social Democratic | – 2002 | Göran Persson (S) | ||
| Leif Pagrotsky (born 1951) | 21 October 2004 | 6 October 2006 | 1 year, 350 days | Social Democratic | – | Göran Persson (S) | ||
| Lars Leijonborg (born 1949) | 6 October 2006 | 7 September 2007 | 336 days | Liberal People's | 2006 | Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) | ||
| Jan Björklund (born 1962) | 7 September 2007 | 3 October 2014 | 7 years, 26 days | Liberal People's | – 2010 | Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) | ||
| Gustav Fridolin (born 1983) | 3 October 2014 | Incumbent | 4 years, 9 days | Green | 2014 | Stefan Löfven (S) | ||
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