Minister for Finance (Sweden)

Minister for Finance
Finansminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Elisabeth Svantesson since 18 October 2022
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

The Minister for Finance^[a] (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.

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     Moderate     National Party     

     

Liberals

     Liberals     

Liberals

  
Present parties:   Social Democrats     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
		Independent	–	M. Posse I
		Independent	–	Gyllenhaal Nordenfalk M. Posse II
		Independent	–	Sparre
		Independent	–	Sparre
		Independent	–	Sparre
		Independent	–	Günther De Geer d.ä. I
		Independent	–	De Geer d.ä. I
		Independent	–	De Geer d.ä. I
		Independent	–	Adlercreutz Carleson
		Independent	–	Carleson
		Independent	–	De Geer d.ä. II Posse
		Arvid Posse (1843–1901) [3]	7 December 1880	8 March 1881	91 days	Lantmanna	–	Posse
		Robert Themptander (1844–1897) [3]	8 March 1881	28 May 1886	5 years, 81 days	Independent Liberal	–	Thyselius Themptander
		Independent	–	Themptander
		Fredrik von Essen (1831–1921) [3]	6 February 1888	6 November 1894	6 years, 273 days	Moderate	–	G. Bildt Åkerhielm Boström I
		Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907) [3]	6 November 1894	15 March 1895	129 days	Lantmanna	–	Boström I
		Independent	–	Boström I
		Hans Hansson Wachtmeister (1851–1929) [3]	16 July 1897	5 July 1902	4 years, 354 days	Moderate	–	von Otter
		Liberals	–	Boström II Ramstedt
		L	Lundeberg Staaff I
		Electoral League	Lindman I
		L	Staaff II
		Independent	–	Hammarskjöld
		Conrad Carleson (1868–1954) [3]	30 March 1917	19 October 1917	203 days	National Party	National Party	Swartz
		L–S/SAP	Edén
		L–S/SAP S/SAP	Edén Branting I
		Rickard Sandler (1884–1964) [3]	30 June 1920	27 October 1920	119 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Branting I
		Independent	–	De Geer d.y.
		Independent	–	von Sydow
		Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson (1865–1925) [3]	13 October 1921	19 April 1923	1 year, 188 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Branting II
		Jacob Beskow (1876–1928) [3]	19 April 1923	28 January 1924	284 days	National Party	National Party	Trygger
		Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson (1865–1925) [3]	28 January 1924	5 May 1925	1 year, 97 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Branting III Sandler
		Ernst Wigforss (1881–1977) [3]	8 May 1925	7 June 1926	1 year, 30 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Sandler
		L–L	Ekman I
		L–L	Ekman I
		Electoral League	Lindman II
		Electoral League	Lindman II
		L	Ekman II Hamrin
		Ernst Wigforss (1881–1977) [3]	24 September 1932	19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Hansson I
		C	Pehrsson-Bramstorp
		L (1939 – 1945) S/SAP (1945 – 1949)	Hansson II Hansson III Hansson IV Erlander I
		David Hall (1898–1957) [3]	30 June 1949	17 October 1949	109 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander I
		C	Erlander II
		C S/SAP	Erlander II Erlander III Palme I
		L	Fälldin I
Position abolished between 1976 and 1983. It was split between the offices of minister of the budget and the minister of economics.
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) [3]	1 January 1983	15 February 1990	7 years, 45 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Palme II Carlsson I
		Odd Engström (1941–1998) Acting [3]	15 February 1990	27 February 1990	12 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Carlsson I
		Allan Larsson (born 1938) [3]	27 February 1990	4 October 1991	1 year, 219 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Carlsson II
		L–KD	C. Bildt
		Göran Persson (born 1949) [3]	7 October 1994	22 March 1996	1 year, 167 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Carlsson III
		Erik Åsbrink (born 1947) [3]	22 March 1996	12 April 1999	3 years, 21 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
		Bosse Ringholm (born 1942) [3]	12 April 1999	31 October 2004	5 years, 202 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
		Pär Nuder (born 1963)	31 October 2004	6 October 2006	1 year, 340 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
		L–KD	Reinfeldt
		Magdalena Andersson (born 1967)	3 October 2014	30 November 2021	7 years, 58 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I- II- III
		Mikael Damberg (born 1971)	30 November 2021	18 October 2022	322 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Andersson
		Elisabeth Svantesson (born 1967)	18 October 2022	Incumbent	154 days	Moderate	M–KD–L	Kristersson

See also

• Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (historical antecedent)

Footnotes

References

External links

• www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2062