Minister for the Environment (Sweden)
The Minister for the Environment, formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for the Environment, was a member and minister of the Swedish Government and was appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister headed the Ministry for the Environment and was responsible for environmental issues and construction. The minister also had the overall responsibility for coordinating the government's work on sustainable development.
| Minister for the Environment | |
|---|---|
| Statsråd och chef för Miljö- och energidepartmentet | |
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| Member of | The Government |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister |
| Inaugural holder | Birgitta Dahl |
| Formation | 1 October 1987 |
| First holder | Ingvar Carlsson |
| Final holder | Romina Pourmokhtari |
| Abolished | 18 October 2022 |
| Succession | Ministry of Climate and Business |
| Website | Ministry of the Environment |
The office was founded in 1987, and its first holder was Birgitta Dahl. In 2022, the newly-formed Kristersson Cabinet eliminated the separate office and placed it under the authority of the combined Minister for Energy as well as Business and Industry.[1][2]
List of Ministers for the Environment
- Color key
Independent Social Democrats Moderate Centre Left Liberals Christian Democrats Green Sweden Democrats
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) |
Tenure | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
| 1 | Birgitta Dahl (born 1937) | 12 March 1986 | 4 October 1991 | 5 years, 206 days | Social Democrats | Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP) | |
| 2 | Olof Johansson (born 1937) | 4 October 1991 | 16 June 1994 | 2 years, 255 days | Centre | Carl Bildt (M) | |
| 3 | Görel Thurdin (born 1942) | 16 June 1994 | 2 October 1994 | 108 days | Centre | Carl Bildt (M) | |
| – | Karl Erik Olsson (1938–2021) Acting | 2 October 1994 | 7 October 1994 | 5 days | Centre | Carl Bildt (M) | |
| 4 | Anna Lindh (1957–2003) | 7 October 1994 | 7 October 1998 | 4 years, 0 days | Social Democrats | Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP) (1994 – 1996) Göran Persson (S/SAP) (1996 – 1998) | |
| 5 | Kjell Larsson (1943–2002) | 7 October 1998 | 21 October 2002 | 4 years, 14 days | Social Democrats | Göran Persson (S/SAP) | |
| 6 | Lena Sommestad (born 1957) | 21 October 2002 | 31 October 2004 | 2 years, 10 days | Social Democrats | Göran Persson (S/SAP) | |
| 7 | Mona Sahlin (born 1957) | 1 November 2004 | 6 October 2006 | 1 year, 339 days | Social Democrats | Göran Persson (S/SAP) | |
| 8 | Andreas Carlgren (born 1958) | 6 October 2006 | 29 September 2011 | 4 years, 358 days | Centre | Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) | |
| 9 | Lena Ek (born 1958) | 29 September 2011 | 3 October 2014 | 3 years, 4 days | Centre | Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) | |
| 10 | Åsa Romson (born 1972) | 3 October 2014 | 25 May 2016 | 1 year, 235 days | Green | Stefan Löfven (S/SAP) | |
| 11 | Karolina Skog (born 1976) | 25 May 2016 | 21 January 2019 | 2 years, 241 days | Green | Stefan Löfven (S/SAP) | |
| 12 | Isabella Lövin (born 1963) | 21 January 2019 | 5 February 2021 | 2 years, 15 days | Green | Stefan Löfven (S/SAP) | |
| 13 | Per Bolund (born 1971) | 5 February 2021 | 30 November 2021 | 298 days | Green | Stefan Löfven (S/SAP) | |
| 14 | Annika Strandhäll (born 1975) | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | Magdalena Andersson (S/SAP) | |
| 15 | Romina Pourmokhtari (born 1995) | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 214 days | Liberals | Ulf Kristersson (M) | |
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References
- Dougall, David Mac (18 October 2022). "'Devastating consequences': Sweden scraps its environment ministry". euronews. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- "Climate Role Model Sweden's New Leader Axes Environment Ministry". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.