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Kingdom
of Sweden/Konungariket Sverige (Restricted local suffrage for women 1862 and 1907-09 women with the
right to vote also got the right to be elected. Universal suffrage was
introduced in 1919)
The Prime Minister is known as Statsminister and his/her deputy as Vicestatsminister. The Ministers are officially named Statsråd (Councillor of State) and Chief of Department N.N. or Statsråd in the Ministry of N.N., but they are normally referred to as Minister of N.N. The State Secretaries are politically appointed assistants to the Ministers, but does not act on their own hand.
Also
see Sweden
Parliament and Sweden
Heads
1947-48
Minister without Portfolio for Household Economy Prof. Karin Kock Lindberg
1948-49 Minister of Household
Economy
She lived (1891-1976)
1951
Minister of Ecclesiastic Affairs Hildur Nygren
Social Democrat MP 1941-52. Her department covered
1954-66
Minister without Portfolio of Family- and Consumer Affairs, Development Aid and
Refugees Ulla Lindström
1958 Acting Prime Minister
Premier Minister Tage Erlander (1946-69) had wanted to appoint her as
Foreign Minister in 1950, but the majority of the Socialdemocrats was against it. In
1958 she was the first woman to be acting Prime Minister. She was daughter of
Nils Wohlin, Minister of Trade in the 1920s and 1928-29 for two right-wing
parties. She lived (1910-99)
1967-73
Minister without Portfolio for Disarmament in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alva Myrdal
1968-72 Minister of Church Affairs in the Ministry of Education and Culture
Worked at the Un before she became
Ambassador to India, Burma, Sri-Lanka and Nepal 1951-66, from 1961 in Foreign
Ministry), 1961-66 Leader of Delegations to The United Nations and Chief
Negotiator by the Disarmament Negotiations in Génève. In 1982 she received the
Nobel Peace Prize. She lived (1902-86)
1967-73
Minister without Portfolio of Family Affairs, Youth and Immigration Camilla Odhnof
Governor of Blekinge 1974-92. (b. 1928-)
1967-73
State Secretary of Family Affairs Anita Gradin
1982-86 Minister of Immigration and Equality in the Ministry of Labour
1986-91 Minister of External Trade and European Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995-99 European Union-Commissioner of Immigration, Interior and Juridical
Affairs, Relations with the ombudsmand, Financial Control and Anti-fraud
Measures
Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia, The International Atomic Agency and the United
Nations body for Industrial Development 1992-94. In 1994 she turned down the
post of Foreign Minister. (b. 1933-)
1973-76
Minister without Portfolio of International Development in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Gertrud Sigurdsen
1982-87 Minister of Medical Services in the Ministry of Social Affairs and
Health
1985-89 Minister of Social Affairs and Health (Third in cabinet)
Deputy Group Leader of The Social Democrats 1971-73, Deputy Chairperson of the
Foreign Affairs’ Committee of Riksdagen, the National Assembly 1979-92. (b.
1923- )
1973-76
Minister of Employment in the Ministry of Labour Anna-Greta Leijon
1982-87 Minister of Labour and Equality
1987-88 Minister of Justice
(b. 1930- )
1974-76
Minister without Portfolio for Schools in the Ministry of Education Lena Hjelm-Wallén
1982-85 Minister of Education and Culture
1985-91 Minister of International Development in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1994-98 Minister of Foreign Affairs (from 1997 second in cabinet)
1995-96
Deputy Prime Minister
1998-02 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office in Charge of
Government Coordination and European Affairs
2000 Acting Minister of Justice (21.9-16.10)
2000-02 Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs
2002 Minister of Defence
Member of the Riksdag for the Social Democrats 1969-2006. (b. 1943-)
1976-78
Minister of Foreign Affairs Karin Söder
1979-82 Minister of Health and Social Affairs and of Nordic Co-operation
First Vice-Chairperson 1971-86, Deputy Group Leader 1978-79 and 1982-86,
Chairperson of The Center Party 1985-87, President of the Nordic Council 1984-85
and 1989-90, Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs’ Committee of the Riksdag
1984-86. (b. 1928-)
1976-78
Minister of Housing and Planning Elvy Olsson
1976-78
Minister of Medical Services in the Ministry of Socia Affairs Ingegerd Troedsson
Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag 1979-91 and it's Speaker 1991-94, she was Leadership Candidate 1986 and in
1987 she became 2. Vice-Chairperson of Moderaterne, the Conservative Party. (b.
1929-)
1976-78
Minister of Schools in the Ministry of Education and Culture
Britt Mogård
1979-81 Minister of Schools
Governor of Kronoberg
1983-88. (b. 1922-)
1976-78
Minister of Planning in Ministry of Housing Birgit Friggebo
1978-82 Minister of Housing and Planning
1991-94 Minister of Culture with responsibility for Immigration and Equality
Party Secretary 1983-86, Deputy Chairperson 1986-90 and Parliamentary Leader of
Folkepartiet Liberaerne (Liberals) 1990-91, Chairperson of the Constitutional
Committee of Riksdag 1994-98, Governor of Jönköping 1998-2003.
(b. 1944- )
1978-79
Minister of Transport and Communication Anitha Bondestam
Permanent Secretary of Transport 1977-78. (b. 1941-)
1978-79
Minister of Wages and Deputy Minister of Budget in the Ministry of Finance Marianne Wahlberg
1980-82 State Secretary of Labour
MP for Folkpartiet 1979-82, she lived (1917-2005).
1978-79
Minister of Medical Services in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Hedda
Lindahl
Member of Folkpartiet. (b. 1919-)
1978-79
Minister of Schools in the Ministry of Education Birgit Rodhe
1978-79
Minister of Immigration and Equality in the Ministry of Labour Eva Winther
Member of the Rigsdag for the Center Party 1976-82. (b. 1921-).
1979-81 Minister of Medical Services
in the Ministry of
Social Affairs and Health
Elisabeth Holm
Member of Moderaterna, and lived (1917-97).
1979-81
State Secretary of Ministry of Municipalities Elisabeth Palm
Permanent Secretary of Municipalities 1983-?.
1978-79
and
1981-82
State Secretary of Trade Margareta Hegart
Deputy Chief of Cabinet in Foreign Ministry 1980-81, Consul General of Los
Angels 1983-89 and Ambassador to Ireland 1989-96.
1981-82
Minister of Medical Services
in the Ministry of
Social Affairs
Karin Ahrland
MP for Folkpartiet
1976-89, Consul General in Montral 1989-91, Ambassador to New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga
1993-96. (b. 1931-)
1981-83
Minister of Immigration and Equality in the Ministry of Labour Karin Andersson
Center Party MP 1971-85. (b. 1918-).
1981-82
Minister of Schools in the Ministry of Education Ulla Tillander
Center Party MP
1982-86 Minister of Energy in the Ministry of Enterprise Birgitta Dahl
1986-90 Minister of Environment and Energy
1990-91 Minister of Environment
MP for the Social Democrats 1969-2002, and Speaker of the Riksdag 1994-2002.
(b. 1937-)
1982-84
State Secretary in the Office of the Deputy Premier Minister Kerstin Nivlaeus
1982-85
State Secretary of Communication and Transport Monik Sundström
1982-85
State Secretary of Labour Berit Rollén
1985-90
State Secretary of Social Affairs Monica G.E. Andersson
Councillor for Housing 1988-91 and Mayor for Building and Environment in
Stockholm 1991-98.
1987-90
Minister of Labour Ingela Thalén
1990-91 Minister of Social Affairs and Health
1994-96 Minister of Social Affairs and Health
1999-2002 Minister of Social Insurance in the Ministry of Social Affairs (Assistant
Social Minister)
Party Secretary of the Social Democrats 1996-99. With her appointment to the
government in October 1999 Sweden became the first country in the world with a
majority of female ministers: 11 against 9 male ministers. (b. 1942-)
1987-90 State Secretary of Church- and Equality Affairs Gerd Engman
Governor 1995-2004.
1988-91
Minister of Justice Laila Freivalds
1994-2000 Minister of Justice
2003-06 Minister of Foreign
Affairs
Social Democrat.
Her only daughter was born 1986. (b. 1942-)
1988-91
Minister of Church Affairs, Equality, Youth and Consumer's Affairs in the
Ministry of Public Administration (Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs)
1994-96 Minister of Culture
1996-98 Minister of Social Affairs and Health
1999-2004
European Commissioner of Environment
2004- Vice-President of the
European Commission
in charge of Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy Margot Wallström
Former MP, in
1988-91
State Secretary of Communication and Transport Gunnel Färm
1989-91
Minister of Immigration in the Ministry of Labour Maj-Lis Lööw
Parliamentary Leader of The Social Democrats and Chairperson of the Foreign
Committee of the Riksdag 1994-95, Leader of The Swedish Social Democrats in the
European Parliament and Vice-President of the Socialist Group 1995-99.
1989-91
State Secretary of Schools Anitra Steen
1994-98 State Secretary of Finance for Budget and Administration
Since 1999 Director of the State Monopoly of Alcohol Sale,
married to then Prime Minister Göran Persson
in 2003, her partner through some years.
1990-91 Minister of Labour Mona Salin
1994-95 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Equality
1998-2000 Minister for Infrastructure (Industrial
Development, Small Enterprises, Regional Development and Science) in the
Ministry of Enterprise, Employment and Communication (Assisting Minister of Enterprise)
2000-02 Minister of
Labour, Communication, The Estonia-Catastrophe, Integration and Minorities and
Urban Development in
the Ministry of Enterprise, Employment and Communication
2002-04 Minister of Democracy,
Urban Policies and Integration in the Ministry of Justice
2003-04 Minister of
Equality
2004-05 Minister for Sustainable Development (Infrastructure, Housing, Energy and
Environmental Questions)
MP since 1982,
Party Secretary of
The Social Democrats
1991-94. In 1996 she was designated to
take over as Party Leader and Premier Minister, but had to resign from politics because of irregular - but legal -
use of the state-credit cards for private use. In 1998
the Ministry of Enterprise and Trade incorporated the former Departments of
Communication, Interior and Labour. Chairperson of the Social Democrats from
2007. Mother of 3 children. (b. 1957-)
1990-91
State Secretary at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Åse Lidbech
1990-91
State Secretary of Social Affairs Anna Hedborg
1994-96 Deputy Minister of Social Affairs and Health for Social Insurance
1991-94
Minister of Foreign Affairs Baroness Margaretha
af Ugglas
MP for Moderaterna 1974-95, Chairperson of the Council
of Ministers of CSCE, Conference on security and Co-operation
1992-93 and Chairperson
of the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe
1993.
In Swedish her title is Friherreinna (b. 1939-)
1991-94
Minister of Finance Anne Wibble
Her father Bertil Ohlin was leader of Folkepartiet Liberalerne 1944-67 and she
was leadership candidate 1995, but lost with one vote to Maria Leissner. When
Leissner resigned in 1997 Wobble was elected Group Leader. Later same year she
resigned to become Economic Director in the Association of Swedish Industries
until her death after a short illness. She lived (1944-2000)
1991-94
Minister of Justice Gun Hellsvik
Chairperson of the Juridical Committee of the Riksdag since 1994, 1999 President
of the Nordic Council.
1991-94
Minister of Municipalities and Church Affairs Inger Margareta Davidson
Secretary General 1989-91, Deputy Chairperson of Kristdemokratiske Samhällspartiet,
The Christian Democtatic Society Party since 1993.
1991-94
Minister for Constitutional Affairs in the Ministry of Justice Reidunn Laurén
1991-94
Minister of Nature and Planning in the Ministry of Environment Görel Thurdin
1991 Minister of Environment
Second Deputy Chairperson of the Center Party 1987-92, 2. Deputy Speaker of the
Riksdag 1994-98.
1991-94 Minister of Schools Beatrice Ask
2006- Minister of Justice
Councillor in Stockholm City
Government 1989-91. Two sons born 1982 and 1992. (b. 1956- )
1991-94
State Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister Monica M. Jennel
1991-94
State Secretary of Trade Birgit Erngren
1991-92
State Secretary of Culture Carin Fischer
1992-94 State Secretary of Culture
2006- State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister in charge of
Coordination of the Government Policies
Acting Party Secretary of Folkpartiet in 2006. (b. 1960-)
1994-96
Minister of Agriculture Margareta Winberg
1994-98 Minister of Nordic Co-operation
1996-98 Minister of Labour
1998-2002 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries and Minister in Charge of
Samean Affairs
1998-2003 Minister of Gender Equality
2002-03 Deputy Premier Minister
The Ministry of Labour was incorporated in new super-Ministry of Enterprise and
Trade (Infrastructure) in 1998.
From 2003 Ambassador to
Brazil. (b. 1947-)
1994-98
Minister of Communication and Transport Ines Uusmann
The Ministry was incorporated in new super-Ministry of Enterprise and Trade. (b.
1948- )
1994-98
Minister of Environment and Planning Anna Lindh
1998-2003
(†)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1999 Acting Minister of Development Aid, Asylum and Immigration (June-August)
Deputy Mayor of Stockholm 1991-94.
She was killed while shopping by a young man of Serbian origin. In
an interview Prime Minister Göran Persson
later said that he had planned to step down in 2005 leaving the post to her. She lived (1957-2003).
1994-96
Minister of Civil Affairs (Local Government, Church-, Youth- and Consumer's
Affairs) Marita Ulvskog
1995-96 Minister of Equality
1996-2004 Minister of Culture and Church Affairs
From 2004 Party
Secretary of the Social Democrats. (b. 1951-)
1994-98
Minister of Schools
in the Ministry of
Education Ylva Johansson
1996-98 Minister of Children and Youth
2004-06 Minister of Seniors and Care in the Ministry of Social Affairs
Left
the government in 1998 because she lived
with and later married
then Minister of Finance Erik Åsbrink
as the constitution forbids two relatives
to be ministers at the same
time.
They later married and had
a son in 2001. (b.
1964-)
1994-96
State Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Trade Ewa Persson Göransson
1998-2006 State Secretary of Social Affairs
1994-95
State Secretary of Justice Kristina Rennerstedt
1998-2000 State Secretary of Justice
1994-96
State Secretary of Labour for Refugees and Immigration Lena Häll Eriksson
Secretary General of the Department of Immigration from 1996.
1994-96
State Secretary of Social Affairs Gun-Britt Andersson Back
1996-2003 State Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Asylum and Immigration Affairs
1994-98
State Secretary of Schools Lil Ljunggreen-Lönnberg
1994-95 State Secretary of Finance
1994-96
State Secretary of Agriculture Pia Enochsson
1996-98 State Secretary of Labour for Nordic Affairs
1994-96
State Secretary of the Civil Department Ann-Christin Nykvist
1996-99 State Secretary of Culture and Church Affairs
2002-06 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Former civil servant and 1999-2002 Director General of the Competitiveness
Control Authority. (b. 1948-)
1994-96
Secretary of State of ? Jane Cederquist
1996-98 State Secretary of Interior
Ministry of Interior was incorporated in new super-Ministry of Enterprise and
Trade (Infrastructure)
1994-96
Assisting State Secretary of Social Affairs Ann Christina Taubermann
1996-98
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Annika Åhnberg
(b. 1949-)
1996-98
Minister of Health Insurance in the Ministry of Social Affairs Maj-Inger Klingwall
1998-99 Minister of Social Assistance in the Ministry of Social Affairs
1998 Acting Minister of Social Affairs
1999-2001 Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Charge of Development
Co-operation, Immigration and Asylum Affairs
Social Democratic MP 1988-2002 and Ambassador to Mozambique from 2003.
(b. 1946-)
1996-98
Assisting Minister of Labour responsible for Equality and Labour Rights Ulrika
Messing
1998-2000 Minister of
or Integration of Immigrants, Associations, Sport and Youth
in the Ministry of Culture
2000-02 Minister in the Ministry of Enterprise, Employment and
Communication responsible for Regional
Policies, Post and Telecommunication, Forests and Minerals and Minister
Responsible for Sports
2002-06 Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Policies in the Ministry of Enterprise,
Employment and Communication,
Minister responsible
for Post and Telecommunication, Forests and Minerals
From 2006 Chairperson of the Defence Committee of the Parliament. I
1996-98
State Secretary of Justice Pia Cederholm
1996-98
State Secretary of Enterprise and Trade Yvonne Gustafsson
1998-2000 State Secretary of Foreign Affairs for External Trade and Nordic Co-operation
2000-03 State Secretary of Defence
1996-98
State Secretary of Labour Ingegerd Sahlström
She was State Secretary by the Minister Messing (b. 1946- )
1997-
Deputy Head of State, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland
On her 18th birthday the 14th of June the crown Princess swore an oath promising
always to uphold the constitution
and was inaugurated as Deputy Head of State. Her younger brother, Prince Carl Philip and sister Princess Madeleine are her substitutes. (b. 1979-)
1997-2000
State Secretary of Defence Lena Jönsson
(b. 1958-)
1998-2002
Minister of Schools Ingegerd Wärnersson
From 2002 Governor, Governor of Blekinge. (b. 1947-)
1998-2002
Minister in the Ministry of Justice for Democracy and Administration Britta
Lejon
2000-02 Minister responsible for Consumer Affairs
Daughter of Anna-Gretha Leijon, Minister 1973-76 and 1983-88 and Anders Leion,
and her last name is a combination of her parent’s names. (b. 1964-)
1998-2000
State Secretary of Finance Kari Lotsberg
1998-99 State Secretary of Enterprise and Trade for Employment Birgitta Heijer
1999-2000 State Secretary of
Enterprise, Employment and Communication
1998-99
State Secretary of
Enterprise and Trade (Communication Department)
Anna Ekström
1999-2000 State Secretary of
Enterprise, Employment and Communication
Various administrative leadership posts. (b. 1959-).
1998-2000
State Secretary of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Madeleine Emmerwall
1998-2000
State Secretary of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Ingegerd Sahlström
1998-2000
State Secretary of Culture and Church Affairs Lena Nyberg
2000-02
State Secretary of Foreign Affairs for
Foreign Trade Lotta Fogde
2002-04
State Secretary of Business, Enterprise, Employment and Communications
for Foreign Trade
2000-02
State Secretary for Social Insurance Agneta Karlsson
Deputy Party Secretary of the Social Democrats 2002-04.
2000-02
State Secretary for Education Maude Wallerstedt Sjöberg
2000-06
State Secretary of Culture Gunilla Thorgren
2000-02
State Secretary of Environment Birgitta Boström
2000-02 State Secretary of Enterprise, Employment and Communications
in charge of Structural
Affairs and Trade Gun Eriksson
2002-04 State Secretary of Finance
2004-06 State Secretary in the Cabinet Office
She continued as State
Secretary for Bosse Ringholm after he changed from the post of Finance Minister
to the post of Vice-Premier and Minister of Sports.
2000 State Secretary of Enterprise, Employment and
Communications in charge of
Minorities and Urban Affairs
Lise Bergh
2000-02 State Secretary of Agriculture for Equality
2002-06
State Secretary in the Ministry of
Justice and in the in the Ministry of Enterprise and Trade for Democracy and Integration
2001-04
State Secretary of Education Agneta Bladh
2002
Minister in the Ministry of Environment Prof. Lena Sommestad
2002-06 Minister of Environment
She was appointed to be acting minister during the absence of the Minister of
Environment for treatment of Cancer, but was given no specific portfolio
2002-06
Minister of Defence Leni Björklund
Secretary General of the Swedish Church (Lutheran) since 1999. (b.
1944-)
2002-04 Minister of Children and Family in the Ministry of Social Affairs Berit
Andnor
2002-06 Minister of Nordic Cooperation
2004-06 Minister of Social Affairs
Former Member of a County Council and MP from 1991. Vice-President of the
European Council 1996-98. (b. 1955-)
2002-06 Minister in the
Ministry of
Education in charge of Pre-School Education, Youth Affairs and Adult Learning Lena Hallengren
Former Secretary of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (b. 1974-).
2002-06 State Secretary of
Foreign Affairs for Development Cooperation and Central and
Eastern Europe Annika Bjurner Söder
Foreign Policy Advisor of the Prime Minister 1995, Spokesperson
of the Foreign Department 1996-2000, Ambassador for IGC-negotiations and 2001
Ambassador of EU Affairs in the Foreign Affairs Department, 2001-02 Director
General of Development Cooperation, 2002 Deputy Director General of European
Security Policy. (b. 1955-)
2002-03 State Secretary of
Foreign Affairs in charge of Development Aid Barbro
Holmberg
2003-06 Minister of Migration
in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
She had recently been appointed Director General of the Migration Authority. (b.
1952-).
2002-04 State Secretary of Finance Karin Rudebeck
2002-06 State Secretary of Agriculture Ingrid Petersson
2003-06 Minister of Development Aid in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Carin Jämtin
2006-06 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
2006 Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (27.03-24.04)
The new Foreign Minister is Chairman of the UN General Assembly until September
and will spend much time in New York leaving her to run the ministry.
From 2006 Deputy Mayor and leader of the Opposition in the City Council of Stockholm.
The same year she
said no to be nominated as candidate for the post of Chairperson of the Swedish
Social Democrats. (b. 1964-).
2003-06
State Secretary of Foreign Affairs
for Asylum and Immigration Charlotte Svensson
She was Political Advisor to the Prime Minister 1998-2002 and Head of Planning
in the Prime Minister's Office. (b. 1962-).
2004-06 State Secretary of Finance for Taxation Issue Magdalena Andersson
2004-06 State Secretary of Finance for Municipal Affairs and Financial Markets Katinka Hort
2004-06 Secretary of State
of Education Kerstin Eliasson
Married to Jan Eliasson, diplomat
and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006.
2006- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Enterprise, Energy and Communication Maud Olofsson
Vice-Chairperson of Centerpartiet 1998-2001 and Party Chairperson since 2001 and
MP from 2002. (b. 1955-)
2006- Minister of European Affairs in the
Office of the Prime Minister Cecilia Malmström
Member of the European Parliament since 1999, and of the Parliament from 2002.
(b. 1968-).
2006- Minister Development Aid in the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs Gunilla Carlsson
Vice-Chairperson of Moderaterne since 1999, Member of the European Parliament
1999-2002 and MP since 2002. (b. 1963-).
2006 Minister of Commerce in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Maria Borelius
MP for the Moderate Party in 2006. She resigned from the Parliament and
Government after 1 week in office after a number of financial irregularities in
her businesses and private economy was discovered. She was replaced by a man
bringing the ratio of women down from 45% to 40. (b. 1960-).
2006- Minister of Infrastructure in the
Ministry of Enterprise, Employment and Communication Åsa
Torstensson
MP from 1998 and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Centre Party
2001-06. (b. 1958-).
2006 Minister of Culture, Media and Sports in the Ministry of
Education and Culture Cecilia Stegö Chilò
Former member of the Moderate Party. Resigned after 10 days in office because
she did not pay her TV Licence Fee for 16 years and because of other financial
irregularities. (b. 1959-).
2006- Minister of Health and Social Services in
the Ministry of Social Affairs and Minister of Nordic Cooperation Maria Larsson
MP from 1998 and Vice-Chairperson of the Christian Democrats since 2002, after
loosing the election for the post of Party Leader. (b. 1956-)
2006- Minister of Social Insurance in the Ministry of Social Affairs and
Minister of Nordic Cooperation Cristina Husmarck-Pehrsson
MP for the Moderates since 1998. (b. 1947-).
2006- Minister of Integration and Equality in the Ministry of Justice Nyamko Sabuni
MP for Folkpartiet Liberalerna since 2002. Later she will become Chief of a new
Ministry of Integration. Came with her father, a political
refugee from Congo, to Sweden in 1982. (b. 1969-).
2006- Minister of Culture, Media and Sports in
the Ministry of Education and Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth
2006-07 State Secretary at the Office of the Prime
Minister in charge of Administration Ulrica Schenström
Former Communication Director of the Moderate Party. (b. 1972-).
2006-07 State Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister
in charge of Coordination of Foreign Policies Nicola Clase
2007- State Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister in charge of
Adminsitration
(b. 1965-).
2006- State Secretary in the Office of the
Prime Minister in charge of Coordination of the Government Policies
Anna-Karin Alterå
Formerly in Charge of the Office of the Leader of the Center Party
2006- State Secretary of Environment Elisabeth Falemo
2006- State Secretary of the Minister of Employment Eva Uddén Sonnegård
2006- State Secretary of Social Affairs Karin Johansson
2006- State Secretary of Social Insurance Bettina Kashefi
2006- State Secretary of
Health and Social Services Ragnwi Marcelind
Christian Democrat MP through a number of years. Vice-President of the Nordic
Council 2001-05.
2007-
Minister of Commerce in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ewa Björling
Medical Doctor and Conservative MP from 2002. (b. 1961-).
Last update 02.11.07