Minister for Culture (Sweden)

Minister for Culture of Sweden
Statsråd och chef för Kulturdepartementet
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Jeanette Gustafsdotter since 30 November 2021
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term, serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder
Formation	8 October 1982
Website	Official website

The Minister for Culture (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for Culture) is a member and minister of the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister heads the Ministry for Culture and is responsible for cultural issues and construction.

Before 1 December 1991, the cultural issues were handled by the Ministry of Education. Between 1991 and 2004, and from 2006 it's a separate ministry. In the years between 2004 and 2006, the issues were handled by the Ministry of Education and Culture.

The current Minister for Culture is Jeanette Gustafsdotter, who was appointed on 30 November 2021.

List of Ministers for Culture[]

Color key

  Independent     Social Democrat     Moderate     Centre     Left     Liberal     Christian Democrat     Green     Sweden Democrat  

Status

  Denotes acting Minister for Culture

No.	Portrait	Minister for Culture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Coalition	Cabinet
1		(1932–2021)	8 October 1982 (1982-10-08)	4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)	8 years, 361 days	Social Democrat	S/SAP	Palme II Carlsson I Carlsson II
2		Birgit Friggebo (born 1941)	4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)	7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)	3 years, 3 days	Liberal	M–C–L–KD	Bildt
3		Margot Wallström (born 1954)	7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)	22 March 1996 (1996-03-22)	1 year, 167 days	Social Democrat	S/SAP	Carlsson III
4		Marita Ulvskog (born 1951)	22 March 1996 (1996-03-22)	13 September 2004 (2004-09-13)	8 years, 175 days	Social Democrat	S/SAP	Persson
-		Pär Nuder (born 1963) Acting	13 September 2004 (2004-09-13)	1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)	49 days	Social Democrat	S/SAP	Persson
5		Leif Pagrotsky (born 1951)	1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)	6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)	1 year, 339 days	Social Democrat	S/SAP	Persson
6		Cecilia Stegö Chilò (born 1959)	6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)	16 October 2006 (2006-10-16)	10 days	Moderate	M–C–L–KD	Reinfeldt
-		Lars Leijonborg (born 1949) Acting	16 October 2006 (2006-10-16)	24 October 2006 (2006-10-24)	8 days	Liberal	M–C–L–KD	Reinfeldt
7		Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (born 1955)	24 October 2006 (2006-10-24)	3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)	7 years, 344 days	Moderate	M–C–L–KD	Reinfeldt
8		Alice Bah Kuhnke (born 1971)	3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)	21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)	4 years, 110 days	Green	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I Cabinet
9		Amanda Lind (born 1980)	21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)	30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	2 years, 313 days	Green	S/SAP–MP	Löfven II Cabinet
10		Jeanette Gustafsdotter (born 1965)	30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	Incumbent	94 days	Social Democrat	S/SAP	Andersson Cabinet

Deputy Ministers in the Ministry of Culture[]

Portrait		Minister for Culture (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Ulrica Messing (born 1968)	7 October 1998 (1998-10-07)	21 October 2000 (2000-10-21)	2 years, 14 days	Social Democrat	S/SAP	Persson

See also[]

• Politics in Sweden
• Culture minister
• Ministry of Culture

References[]

External links[]

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