Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden)

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Ministry of Education and Research
Utbildningsdepartementet
Agency overview
Formed1968 (1968) [1]
Preceding agency
Employeesabout 200
Ministers responsible
Website government.se/government-of-sweden/ministry-of-education-and-research

The Ministry of Education and Research (Swedish : Utbildningsdepartementet) is a government ministry in Sweden responsible for matters relating to schools, universities, colleges, and research.

Contents

Before 1968, the ministry was called the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 16 in central Stockholm.

Organization

The Ministry of Education and Research has a staff of 200. The head of the ministry is the Minister for Education, currently Mats Persson (L).

Areas of responsibility

Government agencies

The Ministry of Education and Research is principal to the following government agencies:

Schools, children and youth
Higher education
Research

Ministers for Higher Education and Research

No.PortraitMinister
(Born–Died)
TenurePolitical party Cabinet
Took officeLeft officeDuration
1 Lars leijonborg.riksmotet2016.16d759.1340355.jpg Lars Leijonborg
(born 1949)
12 September 200717 June 20091 year, 278 days Liberal People's Reinfeldt
MFPCKD
2 Tobias Krantz, Svenskt Naringsliv 2012.jpg Tobias Krantz
(born 1971)
17 June 20095 October 20101 year, 110 days Liberal People's
3 Jan Bjorklund (22352323153).jpg Jan Björklund
(born 1962)
5 October 20103 October 20143 years, 363 days Liberal People's
4 Helene Hellmark Knutsson 2014-11-06 001.jpg Helene Hellmark Knutsson
(born 1969)
3 October 201421 January 20194 years, 110 days Social Democrats Löfven I
SMP
5 Socialdemokrat.Matilda Ernkrans 1c301 5956.jpg Matilda Ernkrans
(born 1973)
21 January 201930 November 20212 years, 313 days Social Democrats Löfven II
SMP
Löfven III
SMP
The minister post was abolished in the Andersson Cabinet and the portfolio overtaken by the Minister for Education.

References

  1. "Utbildningsdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 November 2010.(subscription required)

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