Post: | Minister for Finance |
Native Name: | Finansminister |
Insignia: | File:Coat of arms of Sweden.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Lesser coat of arms of Sweden |
Incumbent: | Elisabeth Svantesson |
Incumbentsince: | 18 October 2022 |
Department: | Ministry of Finance |
Member Of: | Government of Sweden National Security Council |
Seat: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Appointer: | The Prime Minister |
Termlength: | No fixed term |
Termlength Qualified: | serves at the discretion of the Prime Minister |
Formation: | 16 May 1840 |
First: | Johan Didrik af Wingård |
Deputy: | State Secretary for Finance |
Website: | www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2062 |
The Minister for Finance (sv|Finansminister) of Sweden, officially Cabinet Minister and Head of the Ministry of Finance (sv|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.
Minister for Finance 1840–1976 | ||||||||||||||
Portrait | Minister for Finance (Born-Died) | Term | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet | |||||||||
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width=11% | Took office | width=11% | Left office | width=10% | Duration | 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 | |||||||||
width=11% | Took office | width=11% | Left office | width=10% | Duration |