Minister for Civil Service Affairs

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Minister for Public Administration of Sweden
Civilminister
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Incumbent
Erik Slottner
since 18 October 2022
Ministry of Finance
(formerly the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs)
AppointerThe Prime Minister
Term length No fixed term
Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit
Formation1840
First holder Olof Fåhræus

The Minister for Civil Service Affairs [1] (Swedish : Civilminister), since 2010 called Minister for Public Administration, [2] is a member of the Government of Sweden. The minister for civil service affairs was the head of the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs from 1840 to 1996. It was reintroduced as a minister without portfolio post in 2010. Its tasks includes government procurement and an overall responsibility for municipalities and regions.

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History

The post was created when the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was established in 1840. Through the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs, matters concerning the lantregeringen (county administrative boards) as well as rural municipalities, köping 's and cities were prepared and presented. Other matters were communications (excluding road, ferry and bridge maintenance issues), in particular rail and postal services, telegraphs, telephones and other electrical installations, road, waterway and port facilities, medical and quarantine services, public health as well as civilian health care institutions, concerning the insurance and health insurance system as well as other social issues, concerning flammable oils and explosive goods and suchlike, concerning the borders of Sweden and the special status of the Laplanders, and finally in general all civil matters not assigned to another ministry. [3] Among actual legal issues, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs' handling included issues concerning the establishment, repeal, amendment or declaration of municipal statutes (except those relating to the church or education system) as well as legislative issues concerning insurance institutions and health insurance funds as well as compensation for occupational injuries. The cases were presented before the King by the minister for civil service affairs, who was a cabinet minister and had the title "Minister and Head of the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs", but in everyday speech was usually called the minister for civil service affairs. For the preparation and handling of cases, the minister had at his disposal an office, which in 1906 consisted of a director general for administrative affairs (expeditionschef), four directors (byråchef) (deputy directors, kansliråd), five administrative officers (kanslisekreterare), a senior registry clerk, an advisor assistant in the preparation of insurance matters and a number of extra ordinary officials. [3]

In 1920, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was replaced by two ministries and hence the post of minister for civil service affairs disappeared. In 1950 the post was re-introduced when the ministry was re-established for the wage and pension system. [4] In 1969, the ministry was completely emptied of its old contents and the minister and its ministry would instead be responsible for the county administrative boards, the municipalities and the national physical planning [5] and then went by the name Ministry of Physical Planning and Local Government. In 1973, the post disappeared again when the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Local Government which then ceased on 31 December 1982. On 1 January 1983, the minister post was reintroduced once again as the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs came in its place as a pure ministry for issues concerning the public sector, for example for issues of working and employment conditions, co-determination and gender equality, Sweden's administrative division, rationalization and audit in central government, computer technology in public administration, statistics, public information, co-determination issues but also administrative matters concerning the Royal Court and Palace Administration (Slottsstaten). In June 1996, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was reorganized into the Ministry of the Interior and the post disappeared again. [6]

In 2010, the post was reintroduced as the minister for public administration which is a minister without portfolio attached to the Ministry of Finance. Its tasks now includes government procurement and an overall responsibility for municipalities and regions.

List of officeholders

Color key

  Independent
Historical parties:   Lantmanna   Moderate   National Party   Liberals   Liberals   Liberals   Liberals
Present parties:   Social Democrats   Moderate   Centre   Left   Liberals   Christian Democrats   Green   Sweden Democrats

Status

  Denotes acting minister for civil service affairs

1840–1920

PortraitMinister
(Born-Died)
TermPolitical PartyCoalitionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeDuration
 
Fahraeus, Olof Immanuel (ur Lowenhielm 1927-1929).jpg
Olof Fåhræus
(1796–1884)
[7]
16 May 184023 September 18477 years, 130 days Independent Charles XIV John
Oscar I
 
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Fredrik Fåhræus
(1796–1865)
[8]
23 September 184716 December 18569 years, 84 days Independent Oscar I
 
Ludvig Almqvist.jpg
Ludvig Almqvist
(1818–1884)
[9]
16 December 18562 November 18603 years, 322 days Independent Oscar I
Charles XV
 
Gerhard Lagerstrale 1904.jpg
Gerhard Lagerstråle
(1814–1887)
[10]
2 November 18601 June 18687 years, 212 days Independent Charles XV
 
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Axel Gustav Adlercreutz
(1821–1880)
[11]
4 June 18683 June 18701 year, 213 days Independent Charles XV
 
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Axel Bergström
(1823–1893)
[12]
3 June 187011 May 18754 years, 342 days Independent Oscar II
 
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Carl Johan Thyselius
(1811–1891)
11 May 187519 April 18804 years, 344 days Independent De Geer the Elder
 
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Fredrik Hederstierna
(1828–1900)
[13]
19 April 18805 October 18833 years, 169 days Independent Posse
Thyselius
 
Carl Johan Thyselius (Hildebrand Sveriges historia).jpg
Carl Johan Thyselius
(1811–1891)
5 October 188330 November 188356 days Independent Thyselius
 
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Edvard von Krusenstjerna
(1841–1907)
[14]
30 November 188312 October 18895 years, 316 days Independent Thyselius
Themptander
Bildt
 
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Lennart Groll
(1845–1896)
[15]
12 October 18896 October 18966 years, 360 days Independent Boström I
 
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Edvard von Krusenstjerna
(1841–1907)
[14]
6 October 18965 July 19025 years, 272 days Independent Boström I
von Otter
 
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Hjalmar Westring
(1857–1926)
5 July 19022 August 19053 years, 28 days Independent Boström II
Ramstedt
 
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Johan Widén
(1856–1933)
2 August 19057 November 190597 days Lantmanna Lundeberg
 
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Axel Schotte
(1857–1922)
[16]
7 November 190529 May 1906203 days Liberals Staaff I
 
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Julius Juhlin
(1861–1934)
[17]
29 May 19064 December 19071 year, 189 days Independent Lindman I
 
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Hugo E. G. Hamilton
(1849–1928)
[18]
4 December 19077 October 19113 years, 307 days Independent Lindman I
 
Umea stadsarkiv-Axel Schotte.jpg
Axel Schotte
(1857–1922)
[16]
7 October 191117 February 19142 years, 133 days Liberals Staaff II
 
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Oscar von Sydow
(1873–1936)
[19]
16 February 191429 June 19173 years, 133 days Independent Hammarskjöld
 
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Walter Murray
(1871–1957)
[20]
29 June 191719 October 1917112 days Independent National PartyElectoral League Swartz
 
Umea stadsarkiv-Axel Schotte.jpg
Axel Schotte
(1857–1922)
[16]
19 October 191728 November 19192 years, 40 days Liberals LS/SAP Edén
 
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Fredrik Holmquist
(1857–1922)
[21]
28 November 191910 March 1920103 days Liberals LS/SAP Edén
 
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Carl Svensson
(1879–1938)
10 March 192030 June 1920112 days Social Democrats Branting I

1950–1973

PortraitMinister
(Born-Died)
TermPolitical PartyCoalitionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeDuration
 
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John Lingman
(1901–1962)
[22]
1 July 195028 November 19544 years, 150 days Social Democrats Erlander I
Erlander II
 
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Gunnar Lange
(1909–1976)
[23]
29 November 195412 September 1955287 days Social Democrats Erlander II
 
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Sigurd Lindholm
(1904–1990)
12 September 195516 September 196510 years, 4 days Social Democrats Erlander II
Erlander III
 
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Hans Gustafsson
(1912–1981)
16 September 19651 July 19693 years, 288 days Social Democrats Erlander III
 
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Svante Lundkvist
(1919–1991)
1 July 19693 November 19734 years, 125 days Social Democrats Erlander III
Palme I
 
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Hans Gustafsson
(1923–1998)
3 November 197331 December 197358 days Social Democrats Palme I

1983–1996

PortraitMinister
(Born-Died)
TermPolitical PartyCoalitionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeDuration
 
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Bo Holmberg
(1942–2010)
1 January 19834 October 19885 years, 277 days Social Democrats Palme II
Carlsson I
 
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Bengt K. Å. Johansson
(1937–2021)
4 October 19884 October 19912 years, 351 days Social Democrats Carlsson I
Carlsson II
 
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Inger Davidson
(born 1944)
21 October 19917 October 19942 years, 351 days Christian Democrats CMLKD Bildt
 
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Marita Ulvskog
(born 1951)
7 October 199422 March 19961 year, 167 days Social Democrats Carlsson III
 
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Jörgen Andersson
(born 1946)
22 March 199630 June 1996100 days Social Democrats Persson

2010–present

PortraitMinister
(Born-Died)
TermPolitical PartyCoalitionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeDuration
 
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Stefan Attefall
(born 1960)
5 October 20103 October 20143 years, 363 days Christian Democrats Alliance Reinfeldt
 
Ardalan Shekarabi.jpg
Ardalan Shekarabi
(born 1978)
3 October 20141 October 20194 years, 363 days Social Democrats S/SAPMP Löfven I
Löfven II
 
Lena Micko.jpg
Lena Micko
(born 1955)
1 October 201930 November 20212 years, 60 days Social Democrats S/SAPMP Löfven II
Löfven III
 
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Ida Karkiainen
(born 1988)
30 November 202118 October 2022322 days Social Democrats Andersson
 
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Erik Slottner
(born 1980)
18 October 2022Incumbent2 years, 164 days Christian Democrats MKDL Kristersson

References

Notes

  1. Gullberg 1977, p.  136.
  2. Utrikes namnbok : svenska myndigheter, organisationer, titlar, EU-organ och länder på engelska, tyska, franska, spanska, finska och ryska (PDF) (11th ed.). Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2021. p. 69. ISBN   978-91-986574-2-5.
  3. 1 2 Meijer & Westrin 1906 , pp. 364–365
  4. Hedman, Wegelius & Sundin 2008 , p. 17
  5. Hedman, Wegelius & Sundin 2008 , p. 20
  6. "Civil -och Inrikesdepartementet Huvudarkivet > Se förteckning" [Ministry for Civil Service Affairs and the Interior Main Archive> See list] (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. 28 June 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  7. Fåhræus 1964–1966a, p. 672
  8. Fåhræus 1964–1966b, p. 675
  9. Forssell 1918a, p. 524
  10. Jägerskiöld 1977–1979, p. 173
  11. Forssell 1918b, p. 130
  12. Jacobson 1922, p. 739
  13. Nilsson 1969–1971, p. 446
  14. 1 2 Holm 1975–1977, p. 632
  15. Carlsson 1967–1969, p. 334
  16. 1 2 3 Lundkvist 2000–2002, p. 598
  17. Wikland 1973–1975, p. 447
  18. Holm 1969–1971, p. 119
  19. Jansson 2020, p. 75
  20. Lindeberg 1987–1989, p. 97
  21. Sprinchorn 1971–1973, p. 279
  22. Johansson 1980–1981, p. 693
  23. Andersson 1977–1979, p. 248

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