Minister for Culture (Sweden)

The Minister for Culture (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for Culture) is a member and minister of the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister heads the Ministry for Culture and is responsible for cultural issues and construction.

Minister for Culture of Sweden
Statsråd och chef för Kulturdepartementet
Incumbent
Amanda Lind
since 21 January 2019
Member ofThe Government
AppointerThe Prime Minister
Term lengthNo fixed term,
serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holderBengt Göransson
Formation8 October 1982
WebsiteOfficial website

Before 1 December 1991, the cultural issues were handled by the Ministry of Education. Between 1991 and 2004, and from 2006 it's a separate ministry. In the years between 2004 and 2006, the issues were handled by the Ministry of Education and Culture.

The current Minister for Culture is Amanda Lind, who was appointed on 21 January 2019.

List of Ministers for Culture
Color key

  Independent     Social Democratic     Moderate     Centre     Left     Liberals     Christian Democrats     Green     Sweden Democrats  

Status

  Denotes acting Minister for Culture

No. Minister for CultureTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyCoalitionCabinet
1
Bengt Göransson
(born 1932)		8 October 1982 (1982-10-08)4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)8 years, 361 daysSocial DemocraticSPalme II
Carlsson I
Carlsson II
2
Birgit Friggebo
(born 1941)		4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)3 years, 3 daysLiberal People'sM–C–FP–KDBildt
3
Margot Wallström
(born 1954)		7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)22 March 1996 (1996-03-22)1 year, 167 daysSocial DemocraticSCarlsson III
4
Marita Ulvskog
(born 1951)		22 March 1996 (1996-03-22)13 September 2004 (2004-09-13)8 years, 175 daysSocial DemocraticSPersson
-
Pär Nuder
(born 1963)
Acting		13 September 2004 (2004-09-13)1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)49 daysSocial DemocraticSPersson
5
Leif Pagrotsky
(born 1951)		1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)1 year, 339 daysSocial DemocraticSPersson
6
Cecilia Stegö Chilò
(born 1959)		6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)16 October 2006 (2006-10-16)10 daysModerateM–C–FP–KDReinfeldt
-
Lars Leijonborg
(born 1949)
Acting		16 October 2006 (2006-10-16)24 October 2006 (2006-10-24)8 daysLiberal People'sM–C–FP–KDReinfeldt
7
Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth
(born 1955)		24 October 2006 (2006-10-24)3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)7 years, 344 daysModerateM–C–FP–KDReinfeldt
8
Alice Bah Kuhnke
(born 1971)		3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)4 years, 110 daysGreenS–MPLöfven I
9
Amanda Lind
(born 1980)		21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)Incumbent2 years, 5 daysGreenS–MPLöfven II

Deputy Ministers in the Ministry of Culture
Portrait Minister for Culture
(Born-Died)		 Term Political Party Coalition Cabinet
Took office Left office Duration
 
Ulrica Messing
(born 1968)		7 October 1998 (1998-10-07)21 October 2000 (2000-10-21)2 years, 14 daysSocial DemocraticSPersson

See also

References
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.