Minister for Finance (Sweden)

The Minister for Finance (Swedish: finansminister) of Sweden, officially Cabinet Minister and Head of the Ministry of Finance (Swedish: statsråd och chef för finansdepartementet), is a member of the Government of Sweden and is the head of the Ministry of Finance.

Minister for Finance Statsråd och chef för finansdepartementet
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Magdalena Andersson since 3 October 2014
Ministry of Finance
Member of	The Government
Seat	Stockholm, Sweden
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term serves at the discretion of the Prime Minister
Formation	16 May 1840
First holder	Johan Didrik af Wingård
Deputy	State Secretary for Finance
Website	www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2062

It is often considered to be the most influential political office in Sweden, following the Prime Minister.

List of officeholders

Color key

  Independent  
Historical parties:   Lantmanna     Protectionist     National Party     Liberal Coalition     Freeminded People's     Liberal     Liberal People's  
Present parties:   Social Democratic     Moderate     Centre     Left     Liberals     Christian Democrats     Green     Sweden Democrats  

Status

  Denotes acting Minister for Finance

Minister for Finance 1840–1976
Portrait		Minister for Finance (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Johan Didrik af Wingård (1778–1854) [1]	16 May 1840	29 December 1842	2 years, 227 days	Independent	–	M. Posse I
		Sven Munthe (1787–1873) [1]	29 December 1842	10 April 1848	5 years, 103 days	Independent	–	Gyllenhaal Nordenfalk M. Posse II
		Anders Peter Sandströmer (1804–1857) [1]	10 April 1848	7 January 1851	2 years, 272 days	Independent	–	Sparre
		Johan August Gripenstedt (1813–1874) Acting [1]	7 January 1851	21 October 1851	287 days	Independent	–	Sparre
		Otto Palmstierna (1790–1878) [1]	21 October 1851	28 May 1856	4 years, 220 days	Independent	–	Sparre
		Johan August Gripenstedt (1813–1874) [1]	28 May 1856	4 July 1866	10 years, 37 days	Independent	–	Günther De Geer d.ä. I
		Gustaf Lagercrantz (1816–1867) [1]	4 July 1866	31 May 1867	331 days	Independent	–	De Geer d.ä. I
		Gustaf af Ugglas (1820–1895) [1]	23 August 1867	12 May 1870	2 years, 262 days	Independent	–	De Geer d.ä. I
		Carl Fredrik Wærn (1819–1899) [1]	12 May 1870	28 September 1874	4 years, 139 days	Independent	–	Adlercreutz Carleson
		Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833–1900) [1]	28 September 1874	11 May 1875	225 days	Independent	–	Carleson
		Hans Forssell (1843–1901) [1]	11 May 1875	7 December 1880	5 years, 210 days	Independent	–	De Geer d.ä. II Posse
		Arvid Posse (1843–1901) [1]	7 December 1880	8 March 1881	91 days	Lantmanna	–	Posse
		Robert Themptander (1844–1897) [1]	8 March 1881	28 May 1886	5 years, 81 days	Independent Liberal	–	Thyselius Themptander
		Claës Gustaf Adolf Tamm (1838–1925) [1]	28 May 1886	6 February 1888	1 year, 254 days	Independent	–	Themptander
		Fredrik von Essen (1831–1921) [1]	6 February 1888	6 November 1894	6 years, 273 days	Protectionist	–	G. Bildt Åkerhielm Boström I
		Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907) [1]	6 November 1894	15 March 1895	129 days	Lantmanna	–	Boström I
		Claës Wersäll (1848–1919) [1]	15 March 1895	16 July 1897	2 years, 123 days	Independent	–	Boström I
		Hans Hansson Wachtmeister (1851–1929) [1]	16 July 1897	5 July 1902	4 years, 354 days	Protectionist	–	von Otter
		Ernst Meyer (1847–1925) [1]	5 July 1902	2 August 1905	3 years, 28 days	Liberal Coalition	–	Boström II Ramstedt
		Elof Biesèrt (1862–1928) [1]	2 August 1905	29 May 1906	300 days	Liberal Coalition	PP–LS LS	Lundeberg Staaff I
		Carl Swartz (1858–1926) [1]	29 May 1906	7 October 1911	5 years, 131 days	Electoral League	AvF	Lindman I
		Theodor Adelswärd (1860–1929) [1]	7 October 1911	17 February 1914	2 years, 133 days	Liberal Coalition	LS	Staaff II
		Axel Vennersten (1863–1948) [1]	17 February 1914	30 March 1917	3 years, 41 days	Independent	–	Hammarskjöld
		Conrad Carleson (1868–1954) [1]	30 March 1917	19 October 1917	203 days	National Party	N	Swartz
		Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925) [1]	19 October 1917	5 January 1918	78 days	Social Democratic	LS–S	Edén
		Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson (1865–1925) [1]	5 January 1918	30 June 1920	2 years, 177 days	Social Democratic	LS–S S	Edén Branting I
		Rickard Sandler (1884–1964) [1]	30 June 1920	27 October 1920	119 days	Social Democratic	S	Branting I
		Henric Tamm (1869–1936) [1]	20 October 1920	23 February 1921	119 days	Independent	–	De Geer d.y.
		Jacob Beskow (1876–1928) [1]	23 February 1921	13 October 1921	232 days	Independent	–	von Sydow
		Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson (1865–1925) [1]	13 October 1921	19 April 1923	1 year, 188 days	Social Democratic	S	Branting II
		Jacob Beskow (1876–1928) [1]	19 April 1923	28 January 1924	284 days	National Party	N	Trygger
		Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson (1865–1925) [1]	28 January 1924	5 May 1925	1 year, 97 days	Social Democratic	S	Branting III Sandler
		Ernst Wigforss (1881–1977) [1]	8 May 1925	7 June 1926	1 year, 30 days	Social Democratic	S	Sandler
		Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945) [1]	7 June 1926	30 September 1926	115 days	Freeminded People's	FF–L	Ekman I
		Ernst Lyberg (1874–1952) [1]	30 September 1926	2 October 1928	2 years, 2 days	Liberal Coalition	FF–L	Ekman I
		Nils Wohlin (1881–1948) [1]	2 October 1928	10 June 1929	251 days	Electoral League	AvF	Lindman II
		Adolf Dahl (1868–1930) [1]	10 June 1929	7 June 1930	362 days	Electoral League	AvF	Lindman II
		Felix Hamrin (1875–1937) [1]	7 June 1930	24 September 1932	2 years, 109 days	Freeminded People's	FF	Ekman II Hamrin
		Ernst Wigforss (1881–1977) [1]	24 September 1932	19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days	Social Democratic	S	Hansson I
		Vilmar Ljungdahl (1892–1963) [1]	19 June 1936	28 September 1936	101 days	Farmers' League	BF	Pehrsson-Bramstorp
		Ernst Wigforss (1881–1977) [1]	28 September 1936	30 June 1949	12 years, 275 days	Social Democratic	S–BF (1936 – 1939) S–BF–H–FP (1939 – 1945) S (1945 – 1949)	Hansson II Hansson III Hansson IV Erlander I
		David Hall (1898–1957) [1]	30 June 1949	17 October 1949	109 days	Social Democratic	S	Erlander I
		Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) [1]	17 October 1949	12 September 1955	5 years, 330 days	Social Democratic	S–BF	Erlander II
		Gunnar Sträng (1906–1992) [1]	12 September 1955	8 October 1976	21 years, 26 days	Social Democratic	S–BF S	Erlander II Erlander III Palme I
		Gösta Bohman (1911–1997) [1]	8 October 1976	26 November 1976	49 days	Moderate	C–M–FP	Fälldin I
Position abolished between 1976 and 1983. It was split between the offices of Minister of the Budget and the Minister of the Economy.
Minister for Finance 1983–present
Portrait		Minister for Finance (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Kjell-Olof Feldt (born 1931) [1]	1 January 1983	15 February 1990	7 years, 45 days	Social Democratic	S	Palme II Carlsson I
		Odd Engström (1941–1998) Acting [1]	15 February 1990	27 February 1990	12 days	Social Democratic	S	Carlsson I
		Allan Larsson (born 1938) [1]	27 February 1990	4 October 1991	1 year, 219 days	Social Democratic	S	Carlsson II
		Anne Wibble (1943–2000) [1]	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	3 years, 3 days	Liberal People's	M–C–FP–KD	C. Bildt
		Göran Persson (born 1949) [1]	7 October 1994	22 March 1996	1 year, 167 days	Social Democratic	S	Carlsson III
		Erik Åsbrink (born 1947) [1]	22 March 1996	12 April 1999	3 years, 21 days	Social Democratic	S	Persson
		Bosse Ringholm (born 1942) [1]	12 April 1999	31 October 2004	5 years, 202 days	Social Democratic	S	Persson
		Pär Nuder (born 1963)	31 October 2004	6 October 2006	1 year, 340 days	Social Democratic	S	Persson
		Anders Borg (born 1968)	6 October 2006	3 October 2014	7 years, 362 days	Moderate	M–C–FP–KD	Reinfeldt
		Magdalena Andersson (born 1967)	3 October 2014	Incumbent	6 years, 115 days	Social Democratic	S–MP	Löfven I Löfven II

See also

• Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (historical antecedent)

References

1. "Finansdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000 (in Swedish). Höganäs: Bra Böcker. 2000. ISBN 91-7133-747-4.

External links

• www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2062