| Agency Name: | Ministry of Education and Research |
| Nativename: | Utbildningsdepartementet |
| Formed: | [1] |
| Preceding1: | Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs |
| Employees: | about 200 |
| Minister1 Name: | Mats Persson |
| Minister1 Pfo: | |
| Minister2 Name: | Lotta Edholm |
| Minister2 Pfo: |
The Ministry of Education and Research (Swedish: Utbildningsdepartementet) is a government ministry in Sweden responsible for matters relating to schools, universities, colleges, and research.
Before 1968, the ministry was called the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 16 in central Stockholm.
The Ministry of Education and Research has a staff of 200. The head of the ministry is the Minister for Education, currently Mats Persson (L).
The Ministry of Education and Research is principal to the following government agencies:
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | Lars Leijonborg | 12 September 2007 | 17 June 2009 | Liberal People's | Reinfeldt | |||
| 2 | Tobias Krantz | 17 June 2009 | 5 October 2010 | Liberal People's | ||||
| 3 | Jan Björklund | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Liberal People's | ||||
| 4 | Helene Hellmark Knutsson | 3 October 2014 | 21 January 2019 | Social Democrats | Löfven I | |||
| 5 | Matilda Ernkrans | 21 January 2019 | 30 November 2021 | Social Democrats | Löfven II Löfven III | |||
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