Minister for Infrastructure of Sweden
Infrastrukturminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Andreas Carlson since 18 October 2022
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit
Formation	1920
First holder	Carl Svensson
Website	www.regeringen.se/sb/d/13484

The Minister for Infrastructure^[1] (Swedish: Infrastrukturminister) is a cabinet minister within the Government of Sweden and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.

The office was formed in 1920 as the Minister of Communications (Transport)^[2] (Swedish: Kommunikationsminister) which headed the Ministry of Communications (Transport). The office was renamed to Minister for Infrastructure in 2000.

The minister is responsible for issues regarding railways, rapid transit, roads, bridges, ferries, shipping, sea lanes, ports, aviation, transportation, communication and communication research. The current Minister for Infrastructure is Andreas Carlson, appointed on 18 October 2022.

Communications (transport)
Portrait		Ministers of Communications (Transport) (Born-Died)	Term			Political party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Carl Svensson (1879–1938)	1 July 1920	27 October 1920	118 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Branting I
2		Walter Murray (1871–1957)	27 October 1920	13 October 1921	351 days	Independent	Caretaker	De Geer d.y. von Sydow
3		Anders Örne (1881–1956)	13 October 1921	19 April 1923	1 year, 188 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Branting II
4		Sven Lübeck (1877–1941)	19 April 1923	18 October 1924	1 year, 182 days	Electoral League	National Party	Trygger
5		Viktor Larsson (1869–1950)	18 October 1924	7 June 1926	1 year, 232 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Branting III Sandler
6		Carl Meurling (1876–1963)	7 June 1926	2 October 1928	2 years, 117 days	Independent	Free-minded–L	Ekman I
7		Theodor Borell (1869–1944)	2 October 1928	7 June 1930	1 year, 248 days	Electoral League	Electoral League	Lindman II
8		Ola Jeppsson (1887–1941)	7 June 1930	24 September 1932	2 years, 109 days	Free-minded People's	Free-minded	Ekman II Hamrin
9		Henning Leo (1885–1953)	24 September 1932	19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Hansson I
10		Arthur Heiding (1883–1973)	19 June 1936	28 September 1936	101 days	Centre	C	Pehrsson-Bramstorp
11		Albert Forslund (1881–1954)	28 September 1936	16 December 1938	2 years, 79 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–C	Hansson II
12		Gerhard Strindlund (1890–1957)	16 December 1938	13 December 1939	362 days	Centre	S/SAP–C	Hansson II
13		Gustaf Andersson (1884–1961)	13 December 1939	30 September 1944	4 years, 292 days	Liberals	S/SAP–C–M–L	Hansson III
14		Fritiof Domö (1889–1961)	30 September 1944	31 July 1945	304 days	Moderate	S/SAP–C–M–L	Hansson III
15		Torsten Nilsson (1905–1997)	31 July 1945	1 October 1951	6 years, 62 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Hansson IV Erlander I
16		Sven Andersson (1910–1987)	1 October 1951	22 March 1957	5 years, 172 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–C	Erlander II
17		Sture Henriksson (1917–1957)	22 March 1957	22 April 1957 †	31 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–C	Erlander II
18		Gösta Skoglund (1903–1988)	26 April 1957	25 November 1965	8 years, 217 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–C (BF left in October 1957)	Erlander II Erlander III
19		Olof Palme (1927–1986)	25 November 1965	28 September 1967	1 year, 307 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander III
20		Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991)	29 September 1967	30 June 1969	1 year, 275 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander III
21		Bengt Norling (1925–2002)	1 July 1969	8 October 1976	7 years, 100 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander III Palme I
22		Bo Turesson (1914–1997)	8 October 1976	18 October 1978	2 years, 10 days	Moderate	C–M–L	Fälldin I
23		Anitha Bondestam (born 1941)	18 October 1978	12 October 1979	359 days	Liberals	L	Ullsten
24		Ulf Adelsohn (born 1941)	12 October 1979	5 May 1981	1 year, 205 days	Moderate	C–M–L	Fälldin II
–		Olof Johansson (born 1937) Acting	5 May 1981	22 May 1981	17 days	Centre	C–M–L	Fälldin II
25		Claes Elmstedt (1928–2018)	22 May 1981	8 October 1982	1 year, 139 days	Centre	C–L	Fälldin III
26		Curt Boström (1926–2014)	8 October 1982	30 June 1985	2 years, 265 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Palme II
27		Roine Carlsson (born 1937)	1 July 1985	17 October 1985	108 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Palme II
28		Sven Hulterström (born 1938)	18 October 1985	29 January 1989	3 years, 104 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Palme II Carlsson I
29		Georg Andersson (born 1936)	30 January 1989	4 October 1991	2 years, 248 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Carlsson I Carlsson II
30		Mats Odell (born 1947)	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	3 years, 3 days	Christian Democrats	M–C–L–KD	Bildt
31		Ines Uusman (born 1948)	7 October 1994	7 October 1998	4 years, 0 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Carlsson III Persson
32		Björn Rosengren (born 1942)	7 October 1998	31 December 1998	85 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
Infrastructure
Portrait		Minister for Infrastructure (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Björn Rosengren (born 1942)	1 January 1999	16 October 2000	1 year, 289 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
2		Ulrica Messing (born 1968)	16 October 2000	6 October 2006	5 years, 355 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
3		Åsa Torstensson (born 1958)	6 October 2006	5 October 2010	3 years, 364 days	Centre	M–C–L–KD	Reinfeldt
4		Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd (born 1965)	5 October 2010	3 October 2014	3 years, 363 days	Moderate	M–C–L–KD	Reinfeldt
5		Anna Johansson (born 1971)	3 October 2014	27 July 2017	2 years, 297 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I
6		Tomas Eneroth (born 1966)	27 July 2017	18 October 2022	5 years, 83 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I Löfven II
7		Andreas Carlson (born 1987)	18 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 73 days	Christian Democrats	M–KD–L	Kristersson Cabinet