Minister of the Interior (Sweden)

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Minister of the Interior
Inrikesministern
Incumbent Morgan Johansson since 30 November 2021
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
			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