Minister of the Interior (Sweden)
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Minister of the Interior | |
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Inrikesministern | |
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Ministry of Justice | |
Member of | The Government |
Appointer | The Prime Minister |
Term length | Serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | |
Formation | 1947 |
Website | [1] |
The Minister of the Interior (Swedish: Inrikesministern) is a cabinet minister within the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.
The minister is responsible for issues regarding the Swedish Police Authority and combating terrorism. The current Minister of the Interior is Morgan Johansson, appointed on 30 November 2021.
List of officeholders[]
Minister of the Interior 1947–1973[] | ||||||||
Portrait | Minister of the Interior (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet | |||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
(1908–1997) | 1 July 1947 | 1 October 1951 | 4 years, 92 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Erlander I | ||
Gunnar Hedlund (1900–1989) | 1 October 1951 | 31 October 1957 | 6 years, 30 days | Centre | S/SAP–C | |||
Rune B. Johansson (1915–1982) | 31 October 1957 | 25 January 1969 | 11 years, 86 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | |||
(1917–2009) | 25 January 1969 | 3 November 1973 | 4 years, 282 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Palme I | ||
Ingemund Bengtsson (1919–2000) | 3 November 1973 | 31 December 1973 | 58 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Palme I | ||
Position abolished between 1973 and 1996 | ||||||||
Minister of the Interior 1996–1998[] | ||||||||
(born 1946) | 1 July 1996 | 6 October 1998 | 2 years, 97 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Persson | ||
Lars Engqvist (born 1945) | 6 October 1998 | 16 November 1998 | 41 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Persson | ||
(born 1950) | 16 November 1998 | 31 December 1998 | 45 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Persson | ||
Position abolished between 1998 and 2014 | ||||||||
Minister of the Interior 2014–present[] | ||||||||
Anders Ygeman (born 1970) | 3 October 2014 | 27 July 2017 | 2 years, 297 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP–MP | Löfven I | ||
Morgan Johansson (born 1970) | 27 July 2017 | 21 January 2019 | 1 year, 178 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP–MP | Löfven I | ||
Mikael Damberg (born 1970) | 21 January 2019 | 30 November 2021 | 2 years, 313 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP–MP | Löfven II Löfven III | ||
Morgan Johansson (born 1970) | 30 November 2021 | Incumbent | 94 days | Social Democrat | S/SAP | Andersson |
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- Government ministers of Sweden