Minister of the Interior (Sweden)

Minister of the Interior
Inrikesminister
Ministry of the Interior (1947–74, 1996–98) Ministry of Justice (2014–2022)
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	Serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Eije Mossberg
Formation	1947
Final holder	Morgan Johansson
Abolished	2022

The Minister of the Interior ^[a] (Swedish : Inrikesminister) was a cabinet minister within the Swedish government and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden. From 1947 to 1974 and from 1996 to 1998, the minister headed the Ministry of the Interior.

It was reintroduced as a minister without portfolio post under name of Minister for Home Affairs in 2014. Its tasks includes issues regarding the Swedish Police Authority and combating terrorism.

List of officeholders

Portrait		Minister of the Interior (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Eije Mossberg (1908–1997)	1 July 1947	1 October 1951	4 years, 92 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander I
		Gunnar Hedlund (1900–1989)	1 October 1951	31 October 1957	6 years, 30 days	Centre	S/SAP–C	Erlander II
		Rune B. Johansson (1915–1982)	31 October 1957	25 January 1969	11 years, 86 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander III
		Eric Holmqvist (1917–2009)	25 January 1969	3 November 1973	4 years, 282 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander III Palme I
		Ingemund Bengtsson (1919–2000)	3 November 1973	31 December 1973	58 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Palme I
Position abolished between 1973 and 1996
		Jörgen Andersson (born 1946)	1 July 1996	6 October 1998	2 years, 97 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
		Lars Engqvist (born 1945)	6 October 1998	16 November 1998	41 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
		Lars-Erik Lövdén (born 1950)	16 November 1998	31 December 1998	45 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
Position abolished between 1998 and 2014
		Anders Ygeman (born 1970)	3 October 2014	27 July 2017	2 years, 297 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I
		Morgan Johansson (born 1970)	27 July 2017	21 January 2019	1 year, 178 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I
		Mikael Damberg (born 1970)	21 January 2019	30 November 2021	2 years, 313 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven II Löfven III
		Morgan Johansson (born 1970)	30 November 2021	18 October 2022	322 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Andersson
Position not in use 2022–present

Footnotes

1. Minister of the Interior ^[1] or Minister for Home Affairs. ^[2]

References

1. Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 357. ISBN   91-1-775052-0. SELIBR   8345587.
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. 74. ISBN   978-91-986574-2-5.