Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden)

Minister for Infrastructure of Sweden
Infrastrukturminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Andreas Carlson since 18 October 2022
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit
Formation	1920
First holder	Carl Svensson
Website	www.regeringen.se/sb/d/13484

The Minister for Infrastructure

The office was formed in 1920 as the Minister of Communications (Transport)[2] (Swedish: Kommunikationsminister) which headed the Ministry of Communications (Transport). The office was renamed to Minister for Infrastructure in 2000.

The minister is responsible for issues regarding

, appointed on 18 October 2022.

List of Ministers

List of Ministers of Communications (Transport)
Portrait		Ministers of Communications (Transport) (Born-Died)	Term			Political party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Carl Svensson (1879–1938)	1 July 1920	27 October 1920	118 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Branting I
2		Independent	Caretaker	De Geer d.y. von Sydow
3		Anders Örne (1881–1956)	13 October 1921	19 April 1923	1 year, 188 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Branting II
4		Electoral League	National Party	Trygger
5		Viktor Larsson (1869–1950)	18 October 1924	7 June 1926	1 year, 232 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Branting III Sandler
6		Independent	Free-minded–L	Ekman I
7		Electoral League	Lindman II
8		Free-minded People's	Free-minded	Ekman II Hamrin
9		Henning Leo (1885–1953)	24 September 1932	19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Hansson I
10		C	Pehrsson-Bramstorp
11		C	Hansson II
12		C	Hansson II
13		L	Hansson III
14		L	Hansson III
15		Torsten Nilsson (1905–1997)	31 July 1945	1 October 1951	6 years, 62 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Hansson IV Erlander I
16		C	Erlander II
17		C	Erlander II
18		Gösta Skoglund (1903–1988)	26 April 1957	25 November 1965	8 years, 217 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–C (BF left in October 1957)	Erlander II Erlander III
19		Olof Palme (1927–1986)	25 November 1965	28 September 1967	1 year, 307 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander III
20		Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991)	29 September 1967	30 June 1969	1 year, 275 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander III
21		Bengt Norling (1925–2002)	1 July 1969	8 October 1976	7 years, 100 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Erlander III Palme I
22		L	Fälldin I
23		L	Ullsten
24		L	Fälldin II
–		L	Fälldin II
25		L	Fälldin III
26		Curt Boström (1926–2014)	8 October 1982	30 June 1985	2 years, 265 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Palme II
27		Roine Carlsson (born 1937)	1 July 1985	17 October 1985	108 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Palme II
28		Sven Hulterström (born 1938)	18 October 1985	29 January 1989	3 years, 104 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Palme II Carlsson I
29		Georg Andersson (born 1936)	30 January 1989	4 October 1991	2 years, 248 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Carlsson I Carlsson II
30		L–KD	Bildt
31		Ines Uusman (born 1948)	7 October 1994	7 October 1998	4 years, 0 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Carlsson III Persson
32		Björn Rosengren (born 1942)	7 October 1998	31 December 1998	85 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
List of Ministers for Infrastructure
Portrait		Minister for Infrastructure (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Björn Rosengren (born 1942)	1 January 1999	16 October 2000	1 year, 289 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
2		Ulrica Messing (born 1968)	16 October 2000	6 October 2006	5 years, 355 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
3		L–KD	Reinfeldt
4		L–KD	Reinfeldt
5		Anna Johansson (born 1971)	3 October 2014	27 July 2017	2 years, 297 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I
6		Tomas Eneroth (born 1966)	27 July 2017	18 October 2022	5 years, 83 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I Löfven II
7		Andreas Carlson (born 1987)	18 October 2022	Incumbent	233 days	Christian Democrats	M–KD–L	Kristersson Cabinet

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