Minister for Rural Affairs (Sweden)
Minister for Rural Affairs | |
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Sveriges landsbygdsminister | |
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Member of | Government |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | |
Formation | 1900 |
Website | Ministry for Rural Affairs |
The Minister for Rural Affairs (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for Rural Affairs and prior to that Minister for Agriculture) is a position in the Government of Sweden since November 2021 and previously from 1900 to July 2021. It was merged into the office of Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation in July 2021 but was re-established in November 2021 by newly appointed Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.
The officeholder was a member and minister of the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister headed the Ministry for Rural Affairs until 2014, when the office was placed under the Ministry of Enterprise. The officeholder was responsible for agriculture and environmental issues relating to agriculture, fishery, reindeer husbandry, Sami affairs, horticulture, animal welfare, foodstuffs, hunting and game management, as well as higher education and research in the field of agricultural sciences.
The office was founded in 1900 under the name of Minister for Agriculture, and its first holder was . The title was renamed Minister for Rural Affairs in 2010. The current holder is Anna-Caren Sätherberg.
List of Ministers for Agriculture (1900–2010)[]
No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Theodor Odelsberg (1847–1938) | 31 March 1900 | 2 August 1905 | 5 years, 124 days | Moderate | Boström I von Otter Boström II Ramstedt | |
2 | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 2 August 1905 | 7 November 1905 | 97 days | Electoral League | Lundeberg | |
3 | Gösta Tamm (1866–1931) | 7 November 1905 | 29 May 1906 | 203 days | Liberal | Staaff I | |
(2) | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 29 May 1906 | 17 March 1909 | 2 years, 292 days | Electoral League | Lindman I | |
4 | Oscar Nylander (1853–1920) | 17 March 1909 | 7 October 1911 | 2 years, 204 days | Electoral League | Lindman I | |
(2) | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 7 October 1911 | 17 February 1914 | 2 years, 133 days | Liberal | Staaff II | |
5 | Johan Beck-Friis (1862–1929) | 17 February 1914 | 30 March 1917 | 3 years, 41 days | Independent | Hammarskjöld | |
6 | Knut Dahlberg (1877–1949) | 30 March 1917 | 19 October 1917 | 203 days | Electoral League | Swartz | |
(2) | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 19 October 1917 | 10 March 1920 | 2 years, 143 days | Liberal | Edén | |
7 | Olof Nilsson (1863–1928) | 10 March 1920 | 27 October 1920 | 231 days | Social Democrat | Branting I | |
8 | Nils Hansson (1867–1945) | 27 October 1920 | 13 October 1921 | 351 days | Independent | De Geer von Sydow | |
9 | Sven Linders (1873–1932) | 13 October 1921 | 19 April 1923 | 1 year, 188 days | Social Democrat | Branting II | |
10 | David Pettersson (1866–1957) | 19 April 1923 | 18 October 1924 | 1 year, 182 days | Electoral League | Trygger | |
(9) | Sven Linders (1873–1932) | 18 October 1924 | 7 June 1926 | 1 year, 232 days | Social Democrat | Branting III Sandler | |
11 | Paul Hellström (1866–1927) | 7 June 1926 | 3 July 1927 | 1 year, 26 days | Liberal | Ekman I | |
12 | Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962) | 12 July 1927 | 2 October 1928 | 1 year, 82 days | Liberal | Ekman I | |
13 | Johan Bernhard Johansson (1877–1949) | 2 October 1928 | 7 June 1930 | 1 year, 248 days | Electoral League | Lindman II | |
(12) | Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962) | 7 June 1930 | 24 September 1932 | 2 years, 109 days | Liberal | Ekman II Hamrin | |
14 | Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) | 24 September 1932 | 19 June 1936 | 3 years, 269 days | Social Democrat | Hansson I | |
15 | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954) | 19 June 1936 | 31 July 1945 | 9 years, 42 days | Centre | Pehrsson-Bramstorp Hansson II Hansson III | |
(14) | Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) | 31 July 1945 | 29 October 1948 | 3 years, 90 days | Social Democrat | Hansson IV Erlander I | |
16 | Gunnar Sträng (1906–1992) | 29 October 1948 | 1 October 1951 | 2 years, 337 days | Social Democrat | Erlander I | |
17 | Sam B. Norup (1896–1973) | 1 October 1951 | 1 February 1957 | 5 years, 123 days | Centre | Erlander II | |
18 | Bernhard Näsgård (1891–1957) | 1 February 1957 | 8 July 1957 | 157 days | Centre | Erlander II | |
19 | Nils G. Hansson (1902–1981) | 29 July 1957 | 31 October 1957 | 94 days | Centre | Erlander II | |
20 | Gösta Netzén (1908–1984) | 31 October 1957 | 24 November 1961 | 4 years, 24 days | Social Democrat | Erlander III | |
21 | Eric Holmquist (1917–2009) | 24 November 1961 | 24 January 1969 | 7 years, 61 days | Social Democrat | Erlander III | |
22 | Ingemund Bengtsson (1919–2000) | 25 January 1969 | 3 November 1973 | 4 years, 282 days | Social Democrat | Erlander III Palme I | |
23 | Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991) | 3 November 1973 | 8 October 1976 | 2 years, 340 days | Social Democrat | Palme I | |
24 | Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986) | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | 2 years, 10 days | Centre | Fälldin I | |
25 | Eric Enlund (1918–2011) | 18 October 1978 | 12 October 1979 | 359 days | Liberal | Ullsten | |
(24) | Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986) | 12 October 1979 | 4 October 1982 | 2 years, 357 days | Centre | Fälldin II Fälldin III | |
– | Claes Elmstedt (1928–2018) Acting | 4 October 1982 | 8 October 1982 | 4 days | Centre | Fälldin III | |
(23) | Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991) | 8 October 1982 | 10 October 1986 | 4 years, 2 days | Social Democrat | Palme II Carlsson I | |
26 | Mats Hellström (born 1942) | 10 October 1986 | 4 October 1991 | 4 years, 359 days | Social Democrat | Carlsson I Carlsson II | |
27 | Karl Erik Olsson (1938–2021) | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Centre | Bildt | |
28 | Margareta Winberg (born 1947) | 7 October 1994 | 22 March 1996 | 1 year, 167 days | Social Democrat | Carlsson III | |
29 | Annika Åhnberg (born 1949) | 22 March 1996 | 7 October 1998 | 2 years, 199 days | Social Democrat | Persson | |
(28) | Margareta Winberg (born 1947) | 7 October 1998 | 21 October 2002 | 4 years, 14 days | Social Democrat | Persson | |
30 | Ann-Christin Nykvist (born 1948) | 21 October 2002 | 6 October 2006 | 3 years, 350 days | Social Democrat | Persson | |
31 | Eskil Erlandsson (born 1957) | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | 3 years, 364 days | Centre | Reinfeldt |
List of Ministers for Rural Affairs (2010–2021)[]
No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) |
Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | |||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
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Eskil Erlandsson (1957–) |
5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | 3 years, 363 days | Centre | Reinfeldt | |
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Sven-Erik Bucht (born 1954) |
3 October 2014 | 21 January 2019 | 4 years, 110 days | Social Democrats | Löfven (I) | |
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Jennie Nilsson (1972–) |
21 January 2019 | 30 June 2021 | 2 years, 160 days | Social Democrats | Löfven (II) | |
- | Ibrahim Baylan (acting) (1972–) |
30 June 2021 | 9 July 2021 | 9 days | Social Democrats | Löfven (II) |
List of Ministers with responsibility for rural affairs (2021)[]
No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) |
Tenure | Political party | Title | Cabinet | |||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||||
Ibrahim Baylan (1972–) |
9 July 2021 | 30 November 2021 | 144 days | Social Democrats | Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation | Löfven (III) |
List of Ministers for Rural Affairs (2021–)[]
No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) |
Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | |||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
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Anna-Caren Sätherberg (1964–) |
30 November 2021 | Incumbent | 94 days | Social Democrats | Andersson |
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