Minister for Justice (Sweden)
Minister for Justice of Sweden | |
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Statsråd och chef för Justitiedepartementet | |
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Ministry of Justice | |
Member of | The Government |
Appointer | The Prime Minister |
Term length | No fixed term, Serves at the discretion of the Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | Louis Gerhard De Geer |
Formation | 20 March 1876 |
Deputy | Heléne Fritzon Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Deputy Minister for Justice |
Website | www |
The Minister for Justice (Swedish: justitieminister) is the justice minister of Sweden and head of the Ministry of Justice. The current Minister for Justice is Morgan Johansson of the Social Democratic Party.
History[]
The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional Instrument of Government promulgated in the same year. Until 1876 the office was called Prime Minister for Justice (Swedish: justitiestatsminister), similar to the office of Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs (Swedish: utrikesstatsminister). Until 1840, the Prime Minister for Justice also served as a member of the Supreme Court. Following the ministry reform in 1840, the Prime Minister for Justice became head of the newly instituted Ministry of Justice. In 1876 the office proper of Prime Minister of Sweden was created and at the same time the Minister for Justice was created. Before 1876 the Prime Minister for Justice had in practice been granted exclusively to members of the most prominent noble families.
List of officeholders[]
Prime Ministers for Justice (1809–1876)[]
Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
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9 June 1809 | 5 April 1810 | Independent | |
Fredrik Gyllenborg | 5 April 1810 | 18 August 1829 | Independent |
Mathias Rosenblad | 18 August 1829 | 16 May 1840 | Independent |
Arvid Mauritz Posse | 16 May 1840 | 5 September 1840 | Independent |
(acting) | 5 September 1840 | 14 January 1841 | Independent |
14 January 1841 | 5 January 1843 | Independent | |
Lars Herman Gyllenhaal | 5 January 1843 | 28 December 1844 | Independent |
Johan Nordenfalk | 28 December 1844 | 9 March 1846 | Independent |
Arvid Mauritz Posse | 23 March 1846 | 10 April 1848 | Independent |
Gustaf Sparre | 10 April 1848 | 25 September 1856 | Independent |
Claës Günther | 25 September 1856 | 7 April 1858 | Independent |
Louis De Geer | 7 April 1858 | 3 June 1870 | Independent |
Axel Adlercreutz | 3 June 1870 | 8 April 1874 | Independent |
Edvard Carleson | 4 May 1874 | 11 May 1875 | Independent |
Louis De Geer | 11 May 1875 | 20 March 1876 | Independent |
Ministers for Justice (1876–present)[]
- Color key
Independent
Historical parties:
Lantmanna
Moderate
National Party
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
Present parties:
Social Democrat
Moderate
Centre
Left
Liberal
Christian Democrat
Green
Sweden Democrat
- Status
Denotes acting Minister for Justice
Portrait | Minister for Justice (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet | |||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
Louis De Geer d.ä. (1818–1896) | 20 March 1876 | 6 June 1879 | 3 years, 78 days | Independent | – | |||
(1818–1884) | 6 June 1879 | 19 April 1880 | 318 days | Independent | – | |||
(1839–1899) | 19 April 1880 | 6 February 1888 | 7 years, 293 days | Independent | – | |||
(1823–1893) | 6 February 1888 | 28 September 1888 | 235 days | Independent | – | |||
Axel Örbom (1836–1889) | 28 September 1888 | 30 May 1889 | 244 days | Independent | – | |||
(1832–1914) | 12 June 1889 | 5 February 1896 | 6 years, 238 days | Independent | – | |||
(1836–1904) | 5 February 1896 | 5 December 1901 | 5 years, 303 days | Independent | – | |||
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953) | 5 December 1901 | 5 July 1902 | 212 days | Independent | – | |||
(1849–1914) | 5 July 1902 | 2 August 1905 | 3 years, 28 days | Lantmanna | – | |||
(1844–1908) | 2 August 1905 | 7 November 1905 | 97 days | Moderate | M–L | |||
Karl Staaff (1860–1915) | 7 November 1905 | 29 May 1906 | 203 days | Liberal | L | |||
(1851–1938) | 29 May 1906 | 7 October 1911 | 5 years, 131 days | Electoral League | Electoral League | |||
(1865–1930) | 7 October 1911 | 17 February 1914 | 2 years, 133 days | Liberal | L | |||
(1862–1930) | 17 February 1914 | 30 March 1917 | 3 years, 41 days | Independent | – | |||
(1870–1940) | 30 March 1917 | 19 October 1917 | 203 days | Electoral League | National Party | |||
Eliel Löfgren (1872–1940) | 19 October 1917 | 10 March 1920 | 2 years, 143 days | Liberal | L–S/SAP | Edén Cabinet | ||
Östen Undén (1886–1974) | 10 March 1920 | 30 June 1920 | 112 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Branting I Cabinet | ||
Assar Åkerman (1860–1936) | 30 June 1920 | 27 October 1920 | 119 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Branting I Cabinet | ||
(1880–1968) | 27 October 1920 | 13 October 1921 | 351 days | Independent | – | |||
Assar Åkerman (1860–1936) | 13 October 1921 | 19 April 1923 | 1 year, 188 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Branting II Cabinet | ||
(1880–1968) | 19 April 1923 | 18 October 1924 | 1 year, 182 days | Independent | National Party | |||
Torsten Nothin (1884–1972) | 18 October 1924 | 7 June 1926 | 1 year, 232 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Branting III Cabinet | ||
(1861–1933) | 7 June 1926 | 2 October 1928 | 2 years, 117 days | Liberal | L–L | |||
(1871–1941) | 2 October 1928 | 7 June 1930 | 1 year, 248 days | Electoral League | Electoral League | |||
(1880–1968) | 7 June 1930 | 24 September 1932 | 2 years, 109 days | Independent | L | |||
(1879–1959) | 24 September 1932 | 19 June 1936 | 3 years, 269 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | |||
Thorwald Bergquist (1899–1972) | 19 June 1936 | 28 September 1936 | 101 days | Independent | C | |||
Karl Gustaf Westman (1876–1944) | 28 September 1936 | 30 August 1943 | 6 years, 336 days | Centre | S/SAP–C S/SAP–C–M–L | Hansson II Cabinet Hansson III Cabinet | ||
Thorwald Bergquist (1899–1972) | 30 August 1943 | 31 July 1945 | 1 year, 335 days | Liberal | S/SAP–C–M–L | Hansson III Cabinet | ||
(1904–1963) | 31 July 1945 | 20 September 1957 | 12 years, 51 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP–C–M–L S/SAP S/SAP–C | Hansson IV Cabinet Erlander I Cabinet | ||
(1904–1993) | 20 September 1957 | 1 December 1959 | 2 years, 72 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP–C S/SAP | |||
(1913–1985) | 1 December 1959 | 14 October 1969 | 9 years, 317 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | |||
Lennart Geijer (1909–1999) | 14 October 1969 | 8 October 1976 | 6 years, 360 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Palme I Cabinet | ||
Sven Romanus (1906–2005) | 8 October 1976 | 12 October 1979 | 3 years, 4 days | Independent | C–M–L L | Fälldin I Cabinet Ullsten Cabinet | ||
Håkan Winberg (born 1931) | 12 October 1979 | 5 May 1981 | 1 year, 205 days | Moderate | C–M–L | Fälldin II Cabinet | ||
Carl Axel Petri (1929–2017) | 5 May 1981 | 8 October 1982 | 1 year, 156 days | Independent | C–L | Fälldin III Cabinet | ||
Ove Rainer (1925–1987) | 8 October 1982 | 10 November 1983 | 1 year, 33 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Palme II Cabinet | ||
Anna-Greta Leijon (born 1939) Acting | 11 November 1983 | 15 November 1983 | 5 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Palme II Cabinet | ||
Sten Wickbom (1931–2015) | 15 November 1983 | 19 October 1987 | 3 years, 338 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Palme II Cabinet Carlsson I Cabinet | ||
Anna-Greta Leijon (born 1939) | 19 October 1987 | 7 July 1988 | 232 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Carlsson I Cabinet | ||
Thage G. Peterson (born 1933) Acting | 7 July 1988 | 30 September 1988 | 115 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Carlsson I Cabinet | ||
Ingvar Carlsson (born 1934) Acting | 30 September 1988 | 4 October 1988 | 4 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Carlsson I Cabinet | ||
Laila Freivalds (born 1942) | 4 October 1988 | 4 October 1991 | 3 years, 0 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Carlsson I Cabinet Carlsson II Cabinet | ||
Gun Hellsvik (1942–2016) | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Moderate | M–C–L–KD | Bildt Cabinet | ||
Laila Freivalds (born 1942) | 7 October 1994 | 21 September 2000 | 5 years, 350 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Carlsson III Cabinet Persson Cabinet | ||
Lena Hjelm-Wallén (born 1943) Acting | 21 September 2000 | 16 October 2000 | 25 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Persson Cabinet | ||
Thomas Bodström (born 1962) | 16 October 2000 | 6 October 2006 | 5 years, 355 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Persson Cabinet | ||
Beatrice Ask (born 1956) | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | 7 years, 362 days | Moderate | M–C–L–KD | Reinfeldt Cabinet | ||
Morgan Johansson (born 1970) | 3 October 2014 | Incumbent | 7 years, 143 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP–MP | Löfven I Cabinet Löfven II Cabinet Löfven III Cabinet Andersson Cabinet |
- According to the data above, Anna-Greta Leijon was the first female appointed as the Minister for Justice (1983). However, Laila Freivalds was the first female with a legal credential to become the Minister for Justice (1988–1991; 1994–2000)--as Leijon had a labor background.
See also[]
- Instrument of Government (1809)
- Justice ministry
- Politics of Sweden
External links[]
- Ministry of Justice, official website (in English)
- Swedish Ministers for Justice