Minister for Home Affairs (Sweden)

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Minister for Home Affairs
Statsråd med ansvar för polisväsende och civil krishantering
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Incumbent
Mikael Damberg

since 21 January 2019
Ministry of Justice
Member ofThe Government
AppointerThe Prime Minister
Term length Serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder Eije Mossberg
Formation1947
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The Minister for Home Affairs (Swedish: Inrikesministern) is a cabinet minister within the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.

Swedish language North Germanic language spoken in Sweden

Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken natively by 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden, and in parts of Finland, where it has equal legal standing with Finnish. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and to some extent with Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Written Norwegian and Danish are usually more easily understood by Swedish speakers than the spoken languages, due to the differences in tone, accent and intonation. Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It has the most speakers of the North Germanic languages. While being strongly related to its southern neighbour language German in vocabulary, the word order, grammatic system and pronunciation are vastly different.

Prime Minister of Sweden Head of government of Sweden

The Prime Minister is the head of government in Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested. Louis Gerhard De Geer, the architect behind the new bicameral Riksdag of 1866 that replaced the centuries-old Riksdag of the Estates, became the first officeholder in 1876.

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The minister is responsible for issues regarding the Swedish Police Authority and combating terrorism. The current Minister for Home Affairs is Mikael Damberg, appointed on 21 January 2019.

Swedish Police Authority

The Swedish Police Authority is the central administrative authority for the police in Sweden, responsible for law enforcement, general social order and public safety within the country.

Mikael Damberg Swedish politician

Lars Mikael Damberg is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He has been Minister for Home Affairs since 21 January 2019. He has been Member of the Riksdag since 2002, representing Stockholm County, and was leader of the Social Democrats in the Riksdag from 2012 to 2014.

List of officeholders

Minister for Home Affairs 1947–1973

PortraitMinister for Home Affairs
(Born-Died)
TermPolitical PartyCoalitionCabinet
Took officeLeft officeDuration
 
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Eije Mossberg
(1908–1997)
1 July 19471 October 19514 years, 92 days Social Democratic S Erlander I
 
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Gunnar Hedlund
(1900–1989)
1 October 195131 October 19576 years, 30 days Farmers' League SBF Erlander II
 
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Rune B. Johansson
(1915–1982)
31 October 195725 January 196911 years, 86 days Social Democratic S Erlander III
 
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Eric Holmqvist
(1917–2009)
25 January 19693 November 19734 years, 282 days Social Democratic S Erlander III
Palme I
 
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Ingemund Bengtsson
(1919–2000)
3 November 197331 December 197358 days Social Democratic S Palme I
Position abolished between 1973 and 1996

Minister for Home Affairs 1996–1998

 
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Jörgen Andersson
(born 1946)
1 July 19966 October 19982 years, 97 days Social Democratic S Persson
 
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Lars Engqvist
(born 1945)
6 October 199816 November 199841 days Social Democratic S Persson
 
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Lars-Erik Lövdén
(born 1950)
16 November 199831 December 199845 days Social Democratic S Persson
Position abolished between 1998 and 2014

Minister for Home Affairs 2014–present

 
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Anders Ygeman
(born 1970)
3 October 201427 July 20172 years, 297 days Social Democratic SMP Löfven
 
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Morgan Johansson
(born 1970)
27 July 201721 January 20191 year, 178 days Social Democratic SMP Löfven I
 
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Mikael Damberg
(born 1970)
21 January 2019Incumbent253 days Social Democratic SMP Löfven II

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