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
	Edén
	Branting I
	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
	Erlander I
	Erlander I
	C	Erlander II
	Palme I
	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
	Carlsson I
	Carlsson I
	Carlsson II
	C. Bildt
	Carlsson III
	Persson
	Persson
	Persson
	Reinfeldt
	III
	Andersson
	Kristersson

See also

• Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (historical antecedent)

Footnotes

References

External links

• www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2062