The Minister for Defence of Sweden (Swedish : försvarsminister ; formal title: Swedish : statsråd och chef för försvarsdepartementet ) is a member of the Government of Sweden (Swedish : Regeringen ). The Minister heads the Ministry for Defence and is appointed and dismissed at the sole discretion of the prime minister of Sweden .
Although the Minister for Defence heads the Ministry of Defence, the Minister cannot as a general rule issue directives in his/her own right to the Supreme Commander or any other agency director-general in the defence portfolio due to the Swedish prohibition on ministerial rule , unless such authority is provided for in specific statutory provisions.
Between 1840 and 1920, what corresponds to the Ministry for Defence today, was divided in two separate ministries with their own minister: one for Army affairs , the Ministry of Land Defence , and one for Naval affairs , the Ministry for Naval Affairs .
The current Minister for Defence is Pål Jonson , who was appointed on 18 October 2022.
List of Swedish Ministers for Defence
Parties
Status
Denotes
acting Minister for Defence
No.
Portrait
Minister(Born–Died)
Tenure
Political party
Cabinet
Took office
Left office
Duration
1 Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946) 1 July 1920 27 October 1920 118 days Social Democrats Branting I Cabinet S/SAP 2 Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld (1865–1940) 27 October 1920 6 June 1921 222 days Electoral League De Geer Cabinet Von Sydow Cabinet 3 Otto Lybeck (1871–1947) 6 June 1921 13 October 1921 129 days Independent Von Sydow Cabinet (1) Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946) 13 October 1921 19 April 1923 1 year, 188 days Social Democrats Branting II Cabinet S/SAP 4 Carl Malmroth (1874–1934) 19 April 1923 18 October 1924 1 year, 182 days Independent Trygger Cabinet Electoral League (1) Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946) 18 October 1924 7 June 1926 1 year, 232 days Social Democrats Branting III Cabinet Sandler Cabinet S/SAP 5 Gustav Rosén (1876–1942) 7 June 1926 2 October 1928 2 years, 117 days Liberals Ekman I Cabinet L –L 6 Harald Malmberg (1879–1948) 2 October 1928 7 June 1930 1 year, 248 days Electoral League Lindman II Cabinet Electoral League 7 Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945) 7 June 1930 19 June 1931 1 year, 12 days Liberals Ekman II Cabinet L 8 Anton Rundqvist (1885–1973) 19 June 1931 24 September 1932 1 year, 97 days Independent Hamrin Cabinet L 9 Ivar Vennerström (1881–1945) 4 September 1932 19 June 1936 3 years, 269 days Social Democrats Hansson I Cabinet S/SAP 10 Janne Nilsson (1882–1938) 19 June 1936 9 December 1938 2 years, 173 days Centre Pehrsson-Bramstorp Cabinet C Hansson II Cabinet S/SAP –C 11 Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) 16 December 1938 31 July 1945 6 years, 227 days Social Democrats Hansson II Cabinet S/SAP –C Hansson III Cabinet S/SAP –C –M –L 12 Allan Vougt (1895–1953) 31 July 1945 1 October 1951 6 years, 62 days Social Democrats Hansson IV Cabinet Erlander I Cabinet S/SAP 13 Torsten Nilsson (1905–1997) 1 October 1951 22 March 1957 5 years, 172 days Social Democrats Erlander II Cabinet S/SAP –C 14 Sven Andersson (1910–1987) 22 March 1957 31 October 1973 16 years, 223 days Social Democrats Erlander II Cabinet S/SAP –C Erlander III Cabinet S/SAP Palme I Cabinet S/SAP 15 Eric Holmqvist (1917–2009) 31 October 1973 8 October 1976 2 years, 343 days Social Democrats Palme I Cabinet S/SAP 16 Eric Krönmark (1931–2024) 8 October 1976 18 October 1978 2 years, 10 days Moderate Fälldin I Cabinet C –M –L 17 Lars de Geer (1922–2002) 18 October 1978 12 October 1979 359 days Liberals Ullsten Cabinet L (16) Eric Krönmark (1931–2024) 12 October 1979 5 May 1981 1 year, 205 days Moderate Fälldin II Cabinet C –M –L – Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986) Acting 5 May 1981 22 May 1981 17 days Centre Fälldin III Cabinet C –L 18 Torsten Gustafsson (1920–1994) 22 May 1981 8 October 1982 1 year, 139 days Centre Fälldin III Cabinet C –L 19 Börje Andersson (1930–1994) 8 October 1982 1 December 1982 54 days Social Democrats Palme II Cabinet S/SAP – Curt Boström (1926–2014) Acting 1 December 1982 17 January 1983 47 days Social Democrats Palme II Cabinet S/SAP 20 Anders Thunborg (1934–2004) 17 January 1983 14 October 1985 2 years, 270 days Social Democrats Palme II Cabinet S/SAP 21 Roine Carlsson (1937–2020) 14 October 1985 4 October 1991 5 years, 355 days Social Democrats Palme II Cabinet Carlsson I Cabinet Carlsson II Cabinet S/SAP 22 Anders Björck (born 1944) 4 October 1991 7 October 1994 3 years, 3 days Moderate Bildt Cabinet M –C –L –KD 23 Thage G. Peterson (born 1933) 7 October 1994 1 February 1997 2 years, 117 days Social Democrats Carlsson III Cabinet S/SAP Persson Cabinet S/SAP 24 Björn von Sydow (born 1945) 1 February 1997 30 September 2002 5 years, 241 days Social Democrats Persson Cabinet S/SAP – Lena Hjelm-Wallén (born 1943) Acting 30 September 2002 22 October 2002 22 days Social Democrats Persson Cabinet S/SAP – Pär Nuder (born 1963) Acting 22 October 2002 4 November 2002 13 days Social Democrats Persson Cabinet S/SAP 25 Leni Björklund (born 1944) 4 November 2002 6 October 2006 3 years, 336 days Social Democrats Persson Cabinet S/SAP 26 Mikael Odenberg (born 1953) 6 October 2006 5 September 2007 334 days Moderate Reinfeldt Cabinet M –C –L –KD 27 Sten Tolgfors (born 1966) 5 September 2007 29 March 2012 4 years, 206 days Moderate Reinfeldt Cabinet M –C –L –KD – Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd (born 1963) Acting 29 March 2012 18 April 2012 20 days Moderate Reinfeldt Cabinet M –C –L –KD 28 Karin Enström (born 1966) 18 April 2012 3 October 2014 2 years, 168 days Moderate Reinfeldt Cabinet M –C –L –KD 29 Peter Hultqvist (born 1958) 3 October 2014 18 October 2022 8 years, 15 days Social Democrats Löfven I Cabinet –II –III S/SAP –MP Andersson Cabinet S/SAP 30 Pål Jonson (born 1972) 18 October 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 76 days Moderate Kristersson Cabinet M –KD –L
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