No. |
Portrait |
Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
1 | | Theodor Odelsberg (1847–1938) | 31 March 1900 | 2 August 1905 | 5 years, 124 days | Moderate | Boström I von Otter Boström II Ramstedt |
2 | | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 2 August 1905 | 7 November 1905 | 97 days | Electoral League | Lundeberg |
3 | | Gösta Tamm (1866–1931) | 7 November 1905 | 29 May 1906 | 203 days | Free-minded | Staaff I |
(2) | | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 29 May 1906 | 17 March 1909 | 2 years, 292 days | Electoral League | Lindman I |
4 | | Oscar Nylander (1853–1920) | 17 March 1909 | 7 October 1911 | 2 years, 204 days | Electoral League | Lindman I |
(2) | | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 7 October 1911 | 17 February 1914 | 2 years, 133 days | Free-minded | Staaff II |
5 | | Johan Beck-Friis (1862–1929) | 17 February 1914 | 30 March 1917 | 3 years, 41 days | Independent | Hammarskjöld |
6 | | Knut Dahlberg (1877–1949) | 30 March 1917 | 19 October 1917 | 203 days | Electoral League | Swartz |
(2) | | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 19 October 1917 | 10 March 1920 | 2 years, 143 days | Free-minded | Edén |
7 | | Olof Nilsson (1863–1928) | 10 March 1920 | 27 October 1920 | 231 days | Social Democrats | Branting I |
8 | | Nils Hansson (1867–1945) | 27 October 1920 | 13 October 1921 | 351 days | Independent | De Geer von Sydow |
9 | | Sven Linders (1873–1932) | 13 October 1921 | 19 April 1923 | 1 year, 188 days | Social Democrats | Branting II |
10 | | David Pettersson (1866–1957) | 19 April 1923 | 18 October 1924 | 1 year, 182 days | Electoral League | Trygger |
(9) | | Sven Linders (1873–1932) | 18 October 1924 | 7 June 1926 | 1 year, 232 days | Social Democrats | Branting III Sandler |
11 | | Paul Hellström (1866–1927) | 7 June 1926 | 3 July 1927 | 1 year, 26 days | Free-minded | Ekman I |
12 | | Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962) | 12 July 1927 | 2 October 1928 | 1 year, 82 days | Free-minded | Ekman I |
13 | | Johan Bernhard Johansson (1877–1949) | 2 October 1928 | 7 June 1930 | 1 year, 248 days | Electoral League | Lindman II |
(12) | | Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962) | 7 June 1930 | 24 September 1932 | 2 years, 109 days | Free-minded | Ekman II Hamrin |
14 | | Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) | 24 September 1932 | 19 June 1936 | 3 years, 269 days | Social Democrats | Hansson I |
15 | | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954) | 19 June 1936 | 31 July 1945 | 9 years, 42 days | Centre | Pehrsson-Bramstorp Hansson II Hansson III |
(14) | | Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) | 31 July 1945 | 29 October 1948 | 3 years, 90 days | Social Democrats | Hansson IV Erlander I |
16 | | Gunnar Sträng (1906–1992) | 29 October 1948 | 1 October 1951 | 2 years, 337 days | Social Democrats | Erlander I |
17 | | Sam B. Norup (1896–1973) | 1 October 1951 | 1 February 1957 | 5 years, 123 days | Centre | Erlander II |
18 | | Bernhard Näsgård (1891–1957) | 1 February 1957 | 8 July 1957 | 157 days | Centre | Erlander II |
19 | | Nils G. Hansson (1902–1981) | 29 July 1957 | 31 October 1957 | 94 days | Centre | Erlander II |
20 | | Gösta Netzén (1908–1984) | 31 October 1957 | 24 November 1961 | 4 years, 24 days | Social Democrats | Erlander III |
21 | | Eric Holmquist (1917–2009) | 24 November 1961 | 24 January 1969 | 7 years, 61 days | Social Democrats | Erlander III |
22 | | Ingemund Bengtsson (1919–2000) | 25 January 1969 | 3 November 1973 | 4 years, 282 days | Social Democrats | Erlander III Palme I |
23 | | Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991) | 3 November 1973 | 8 October 1976 | 2 years, 340 days | Social Democrats | Palme I |
24 | | Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986) | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | 2 years, 10 days | Centre | Fälldin I |
25 | | Eric Enlund (1918–2011) | 18 October 1978 | 12 October 1979 | 359 days | Liberals | Ullsten |
(24) | | Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986) | 12 October 1979 | 4 October 1982 | 2 years, 357 days | Centre | Fälldin II Fälldin III |
– | | Claes Elmstedt (1928–2018) Acting | 4 October 1982 | 8 October 1982 | 4 days | Centre | Fälldin III |
(23) | | Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991) | 8 October 1982 | 10 October 1986 | 4 years, 2 days | Social Democrats | Palme II Carlsson I |
26 | | Mats Hellström (born 1942) | 10 October 1986 | 4 October 1991 | 4 years, 359 days | Social Democrats | Carlsson I Carlsson II |
27 | | Karl Erik Olsson (1938–2021) | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Centre | Bildt |
28 | | Margareta Winberg (born 1947) | 7 October 1994 | 22 March 1996 | 1 year, 167 days | Social Democrats | Carlsson III |
29 | | Annika Åhnberg (born 1949) | 22 March 1996 | 7 October 1998 | 2 years, 199 days | Social Democrats | Persson |
(28) | | Margareta Winberg (born 1947) | 7 October 1998 | 21 October 2002 | 4 years, 14 days | Social Democrats | Persson |
30 | | Ann-Christin Nykvist (born 1948) | 21 October 2002 | 6 October 2006 | 3 years, 350 days | Social Democrats | Persson |
31 | | Eskil Erlandsson (born 1957) | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | 3 years, 364 days | Centre | Reinfeldt |