Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) explained

Post:Minister for Foreign Affairs
Body:Sweden
Native Name:Statsråd och chef för utrikesdepartementet
Insignia:Lilla riksvapnet - Riksarkivet Sverige.png
Insigniasize:130px
Insigniacaption:Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent:Tobias Billström
Incumbentsince:18 October 2022
Style:Excellency
was used up to the 1970s in Sweden; but is still used in diplomatic writing[1]
Member Of:Government of Sweden
National Security Council
Department:Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Seat:Arvfurstens palats, Stockholm, Sweden
Appointer:The Prime Minister
Termlength:No fixed term
Termlength Qualified:Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit
Formation:6 June 1809 (as Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs)
20 March 1876 (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
6 June 1974 (as Councilor of State and Head of the Foreign Department)
First:Oscar Björnstjerna
Deputy:State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Website:www.sweden.gov.se

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Swedish: utrikesminister) is the foreign minister of Sweden and the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Tobias Billström of the Moderate Party.

History

The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional Instrument of Government promulgated in the same year. Until 1876 the office was called Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs (Swedish: statsminister för utrikes ärendena, commonly known as utrikesstatsminister), similar to the office of Prime Minister for Justice (Swedish: justitiestatsminister). The Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs initially served as head of the Cabinet of Foreign Mail Exchange at the Royal Office. Following the ministry reform in 1840, the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs became head of the newly instituted Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In 1876 the office proper of Prime Minister of Sweden was created and at the same time the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs was nominally demoted to a mere Minister. The holder of the office did however continue to be styled as "Your excellency", until 1974 when the new Instrument of Government came into force. Before the parliamentary breakthrough in the early 20th century, that title had been granted exclusively to members of the most prominent noble families.

Office holders

Prime Ministers for Foreign Affairs (1809–1876)

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical party
Lars von Engeström9 June 18098 June 1824Independent
Gustaf af Wetterstedt8 June 182415 May 1837Independent
Adolf Mörner (acting)15 May 183730 January 1838Independent
Gustaf Algernon Stierneld30 January 183811 July 1842Independent
Albrecht Elof Ihre (acting)5 September 184029 December 1842Independent
Albrecht Elof Ihre29 December 184210 April 1848Independent
Gustaf Algernon Stierneld10 April 18488 September 1856Independent
Elias Lagerheim8 September 185616 March 1858Independent
Ludvig Manderström16 March 18584 June 1868Independent
Carl Wachtmeister4 June 186814 October 1871Independent
Baltzar von Platen10 November 187117 December 1872Independent
Oscar Björnstjerna17 December 187220 March 1876Independent

Ministers for Foreign Affairs (1876–present)

PartiesStatus

No.PortraitMinister
(Born–Died)		TenurePolitical partyCabinet
Took officeLeft officeDuration
1Oscar Björnstjerna
(1819–1905)		20 March 187619 April 1880IndependentDe Geer Sr. (II)
2Carl Hochschild
(1831–1898)		27 April 188025 September 1885IndependentPosse
Thyselius
3Albert Ehrensvärd the Elder
(1821–1901)		25 September 188512 June 1889IndependentThemptander
Gillis Bildt
4Gustaf Åkerhielm
(1833–1900)		12 June 188912 October 1889Protectionist Party
5Carl Lewenhaupt
(1835–1906)		12 October 18891 June 1895IndependentÅkerhielm
Boström (I)
6Ludvig Douglas
(1849–1916)		1 June 189513 October 1899Independent
7Alfred Lagerheim
(1843–1924)		20 December 18997 December 1904Lantmanna Partyvon Otter
Boström (II)
8August Gyldenstolpe
(1849–1928)		22 December 19042 August 1905IndependentRamstedt
9Fredrik Wachtmeister
(1855–1919)		2 August 19057 November 1905Protectionist PartyLundeberg
10Eric Trolle
(1863–1934)		7 November 190517 March 1909IndependentStaaff (I)
Lindman (I)
11Arvid Taube
(1853–1916)		30 April 19097 October 1911General Electoral League
12Albert Ehrensvärd the Younger
(1867–1940)		7 October 191117 February 1914Liberal Coalition PartyStaaff (I)
13Knut Wallenberg
(1853–1938)		17 February 191430 March 1917National PartyHammarskjöld
14Arvid Lindman
(1862–1936)		30 March 191719 October 1917General Electoral LeagueSwartz
15Johannes Hellner
(1866–1947)		19 October 191710 March 1920Liberal Coalition PartyEdén
16Erik Palmstierna
(1877–1959)		10 March 192027 October 1920Social DemocratsBranting (I)
17Herman Wrangel
(1857–1934)		27 October 192013 October 1921IndependentDe Geer Jr.
von Sydow
18Hjalmar Branting
(1860–1925)		13 October 192119 April 1923Social DemocratsBranting (II)
19Carl Hederstierna
(1861–1928)		19 April 192311 November 1923General Electoral LeagueTrygger
20Erik Marks von Würtemberg
(1861–1937)		11 November 192318 October 1924General Electoral League
21Östen Undén
(1886–1974)		18 October 19247 June 1926Social DemocratsBranting (III)
Sandler
22Eliel Löfgren
(1872–1940)		7 June 19262 October 1928Liberal PartyEkman (I)
23Ernst Trygger
(1857–1943)		2 October 19287 June 1930National PartyLindman (II)
24Fredrik Ramel
(1872–1947)		7 June 193024 September 1932IndependentEkman (II)
Hamrin
25Rickard Sandler
(1884–1964)		24 September 193219 June 1936Social DemocratsHansson (I)
26Karl Gustaf Westman
(1876–1944)		19 June 193628 September 1936Farmer's LeaguePehrsson-Bramstorp
27Rickard Sandler
(1884–1964)		28 September 193613 December 1939Social DemocratsHansson (II)
28Christian Günther
(1886–1966)		13 December 193931 July 1945IndependentHansson (III)
29Östen Undén
(1886–1974)		31 July 194519 September 1962Social DemocratsHansson (IV)
Erlander (I)
Erlander (II)
Erlander (III)
30Torsten Nilsson
(1905–1997)		19 September 196230 June 1971Social DemocratsErlander (III)
Palme (I)
31Krister Wickman
(1924–1993)		30 June 19713 November 1973Social Democrats
32Sven Andersson
(1910–1987)		3 November 19738 October 1976Social Democrats
33Karin Söder
(1928–2015)		8 October 197618 October 1978Centre PartyFälldin (I)
34Hans Blix
(born 1928)		18 October 197812 October 1979People's PartyUllsten
35Ola Ullsten
(1931–2018)		12 October 19798 October 1982People's PartyFälldin (II)
Fälldin (III)
36Lennart Bodström
(1928–2015)		8 October 198217 October 1985Social DemocratsPalme (II)
37Sten Andersson
(1923–2006)		17 October 19854 October 1991Social DemocratsPalme (II)
Carlsson (I)
Carlsson (II)
38Margaretha af Ugglas
(born 1939)		4 October 19917 October 1994Moderate PartyCarl Bildt
39Lena Hjelm-Wallén
(born 1943)		7 October 19947 October 1998Social DemocratsCarlsson (III)
Persson
40Anna Lindh
(1957–2003)		7 October 199811 September 2003Social Democrats
–bgcolor=#E6E6AA bgcolor=#E6E6AA Jan O. Karlsson
(1939–2016)		bgcolor=#E6E6AA 11 September 2003bgcolor=#E6E6AA 10 October 2003bgcolor=#E6E6AA bgcolor=#E6E6AA Social Democrats
41Laila Freivalds
(born 1942)		10 October 200321 March 2006Social Democrats
–bgcolor=#E6E6AA bgcolor=#E6E6AA Bo Ringholm
(born 1942)		bgcolor=#E6E6AA 21 March 2006bgcolor=#E6E6AA 27 March 2006bgcolor=#E6E6AA bgcolor=#E6E6AA Social Democrats
–bgcolor=#E6E6AA bgcolor=#E6E6AA Carin Jämtin
(born 1964)		bgcolor=#E6E6AA 27 March 2006bgcolor=#E6E6AA 24 April 2006bgcolor=#E6E6AA bgcolor=#E6E6AA Social Democrats
42Jan Eliasson
(born 1940)		24 April 20066 October 2006Social Democrats
43Carl Bildt
(born 1949)		6 October 20063 October 2014Moderate PartyReinfeldt
44Margot Wallström
(born 1954)		3 October 201410 September 2019Social DemocratsLöfven (I)
Löfven (II)
45Ann Linde
(born 1961)		10 September 201918 October 2022Social DemocratsLöfven (II) · (III)
Andersson
46Tobias Billström
(born 1973)		18 October 2022IncumbentModerate PartyKristersson

Statistics

Minister for Foreign AffairsDate of birthAge at ascension
(first term)		Time in office
(total)		Age at retirement
(last term)		Date of deathLongevity
11819 3, df=yes
21831 9, df=yes
31821 1, df=yes
41833 6, df=yes
51835 3, df=yes
61849 11, df=yes
71843 10, df=yes
81849 7, df=yes
91855 2, df=yes
101863 9, df=yes
111853 1, df=yes
121867 5, df=yes
131853 5, df=yes
141862 9, df=yes
151866 4, df=yes
161877 11, df=yes
171857 8, df=yes
181860 11, df=yes
191861 12, df=yes
201861 5, df=yes
211886 8, df=yes
221872 3, df=yes
231857 10, df=yes
241872 12, df=yes
251884 1, df=yes
261876 8, df=yes
271886 12, df=yes
281905 4, df=yes
291924 4, df=yes
301910 4, df=yes
311928 11, df=yes
321928 6, df=yesLiving
331931 6, df=yes
341928 4, df=yes
351923 4, df=yes
361939 1, df=yesLiving
371943 1, df=yesLiving
381957 6, df=yes
391942 6, df=yesLiving
401940 9, df=yesLiving
411949 7, df=yesLiving
421954 9, df=yesLiving
431961 12, df=yesLiving
441973 12, df=yesIncumbentLiving

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.un.int/protocol/documents/Hspmfm.pdf Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs

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