Member of Sweden's government
The Minister for Employment [ 1] Swedish : Arbetsmarknadsminister ) is a member of the Government of Sweden and is the head of the Ministry of Employment .
History
The position was introduced in 1974 during Palme I cabinet and abolished in 1998 under the Persson cabinet , when the responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications , where from 1998 to 2002, the deputy minister for industry, employment and communications and from 2002 to 2006, the minister for employment were ministers responsible for the issues. When the Reinfeldt cabinet took office in 2006, the position was reinstated.
List of officeholders
Color key Independent Lantmanna Moderate National Party Liberals Liberals Liberals Liberals Social Democrats Moderate Centre Left Liberals Christian Democrats Green Sweden Democrats
Portrait
Minister(Born-Died)
Term
Political Party
Coalition
Cabinet
Took office
Left office
Duration
Ingemund Bengtsson (1919–2000) 1 January 1974 8 October 1976 2 years, 281 days Social Democrats – Palme I Per Ahlmark (1939–2018) 8 October 1976 7 March 1978 1 year, 211 days Liberals C –M –L Fälldin I Rolf Wirtén (1931–2023) 7 March 1978 31 July 1980 2 years, 146 days Liberals –C –M –L Ullsten Fälldin II Ingemar Eliasson (born 1939) 31 July 1980 8 October 1982 2 years, 69 days Liberals C –L Fälldin III Anna-Greta Leijon (1939–2024) 8 October 1982 19 October 1987 5 years, 11 days Social Democrats – Palme II Carlsson I Ingela Thalén (born 1943) 19 October 1987 11 January 1990 2 years, 84 days Social Democrats – Carlsson I Mona Sahlin (born 1957) 11 January 1990 4 October 1991 1 year, 266 days Social Democrats – Carlsson II Börje Hörnlund (born 1935) 4 October 1991 7 October 1994 3 years, 3 days Centre M –C –L –KD Bildt Anders Sundström (born 1952) 7 October 1994 22 March 1996 1 year, 167 days Social Democrats – Carlsson III Margareta Winberg (born 1947) 22 March 1996 6 October 1998 2 years, 198 days Social Democrats – Persson Björn Rosengren (born 1942) 6 October 1998 31 October 1998 25 days Social Democrats – Persson
Portrait
Minister(Born-Died)
Term
Political Party
Coalition
Cabinet
Took office
Left office
Duration
Mona Sahlin (born 1957) 6 October 1998 21 October 2002 4 years, 15 days Social Democrats – Persson Hans Karlsson (born 1946) 21 October 2002 6 October 2006 3 years, 350 days Social Democrats – Persson
Portrait
Minister(Born-Died)
Term
Political Party
Coalition
Cabinet
Took office
Left office
Duration
Sven Otto Littorin (born 1966) 6 October 2006 7 July 2010 3 years, 274 days Moderate M –C –L –KD Reinfeldt Tobias Billström (born 1973) Acting 7 July 2010 5 October 2010 90 days Moderate M –C –L –KD Reinfeldt Hillevi Engström (born 1963) 5 October 2010 17 September 2013 2 years, 347 days Moderate M –C –L –KD Reinfeldt Elisabeth Svantesson (born 1967) 17 September 2013 3 October 2014 1 year, 16 days Moderate M –C –L –KD Reinfeldt Ylva Johansson (born 1964) 3 October 2014 10 September 2019 4 years, 342 days Social Democrats S/SAP –MP Löfven I Löfven II Eva Nordmark (born 1971) 10 September 2019 18 October 2022 3 years, 38 days Social Democrats S/SAP –MP S/SAP –MP S/SAP Löfven II Löfven III Andersson Johan Pehrson (born 1968) 18 October 2022 10 September 2024 1 year, 328 days Liberals M –L –KD Kristersson Mats Persson (born 1980) 10 September 2024 Incumbent 81 days Liberals M –L –KD Kristersson
Other ministers in the Ministry of Employment
In addition to the head of the ministry, the Ministry of Employment has at times also housed additional deputy ministers responsible for various areas such as immigration, gender equality, labor law, youth affairs, etc. These ministerial titles varied, and most often covered only a part of the minister's responsibilities, usually the dominant area of focus. For example, Anna-Greta Leijon served not only as the minister for immigration but also held responsibility for labor law issues[ 2] Karin Andersson , as the deputy minister of employment, was responsible for gender equality and immigration issues,[ 3]
In the 2019 government, the minister associated with the Ministry of Employment, in addition to the minister of employment, held the title of minister for gender equality/minister responsible for combating discrimination and segregation.[ 4]
Before the establishment of the Ministry of Employment, many matters were handled within the Ministry of the Interior , where individuals such as Camilla Odhnoff were responsible for immigration and family affairs, including gender equality.[ 5]
References
^ Utrikes namnbok: svenska myndigheter, organisationer, titlar, EU-organ och länder på engelska, tyska, franska, spanska, finska och ryska (PDF) (11th revised ed.). Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2021. p. 67. ISBN 9789198657418 SELIBR 7l1vmnds54g3h922 .^ von Arndt, Katarina (19 July 2018). "Lagen om anställningsskydd LAS - Besluten som format Sverige" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio . Retrieved 2019-01-27 . ^ Demker, Marie (2018-03-08). "Karin Elisabet Andersson" . Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon . Retrieved 2024-04-14 . ^ "Sveriges nya regering" (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. 2019-01-21. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-27 .^ "Camilla Odhnoff har avlidit" Sydsvenskan . Retrieved 2019-01-27 .
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