Government of Sweden 26891 225183663 2008-07-12T09:41:51Z Welsh 310131 fix link {{Politics of Sweden}} The '''government of Sweden''' is a [[constitutional monarchy]] based on [[parliamentary democracy]]. The affairs of the [[government]] of [[Sweden]] are directed by a [[cabinet]] of [[Minister (government)|minister]]s, which is led by the [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]]. The cabinet and the Prime Minister are responsible for their actions to the [[Riksdag]], which is the [[Parliament of Sweden|parliament]]. == Head of government == {{Main|Prime Minister of Sweden}} Head of Government: Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt<br> Cabinet: Ministers are appointed by the Prime Minister and confirmed by Parliament.<br> Elections: The Prime Minister is first appointed by the Speaker of Parliament and then confirmed (with the cabinet ministers) by Parliament. <br> Election results 2006: [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]] ([[Moderate Party]]) elected Prime Minister on [[October 5]], [[2006]] after the victory for [[Alliance for Sweden]] in the [[Swedish general election, 2006]]. The new government was presented on [[October 6]], [[2006]]. == Cabinet government == The current cabinet has 22 ministers including the prime minister. The number is however not established by law, but entirely the prime minister's choice. During parts of the 2000s, the [[Guinness World Records]] declared [[Sweden]]'s cabinet to be the most equal in the world, with 11 out of 22 cabinet members being [[female|women]]. The prime minister leads the work of the cabinet and is the official Head of Government. On occasion there have been appointed deputy prime ministers; when none such exist, the minister with the most seniority in the cabinet is the designate deputy prime minister. The government is divided into a number of offices or ministries. Presently there are thirteen such offices but this number is also not established by law. Thus, some ministers also serve as Head of Office, while others have subordinate tasks within some of the larger ministries. members who are [[Riksdag]] members (which is not a requirement but the most common situation), including the prime minister, resign their seats in the Riksdag while holding cabinet office and are replaced by substitutes from the same party. Upon their visits to the Riksdag, like the weekly question time, the ministers sit at specially designated seats in the lower left hand corner of the session hall. == Government ministries and offices == * Government offices ({{lang-sv|Regeringskansliet}})<ref>[http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/576 Government of Sweden]</ref> ** [[Prime Minister's Office (Sweden)|Prime Minister's Office]] ({{lang-sv|Statsrådsberedningen}}) ** [[Ministry of Justice (Sweden)|Ministry of Justice]] ({{lang-sv|Justitiedepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]] ({{lang-sv|Utrikesdepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of Defence (Sweden)|Ministry of Defence]] ({{lang-sv|Försvarsdepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry of Health and Social Affairs]] ({{lang-sv|Socialdepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of Finance (Sweden)|Ministry of Finance]] ({{lang-sv|Finansdepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden)|Ministry of Education and Research]] ({{lang-sv|Utbildningsdepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (Sweden)|Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries]] ({{lang-sv|Jordbruksdepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of the Environment (Sweden)|Ministry of the Environment]] ({{lang-sv|Miljödepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications (Sweden)|Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications]] ({{lang-sv|Näringsdepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality (Sweden)|Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality]] ({{lang-sv|Integrations- och jämställdhetsdepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of Culture (Sweden)|Ministry of Culture]] ({{lang-sv|Kulturdepartementet}}) ** [[Ministry of Employment (Sweden)|Ministry of Employment]] ({{lang-sv|Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet}}) *Other offices: ** Office for Administrative Affairs ({{lang-sv|Förvaltningsavdelningen}}) ** Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU ({{lang-sv|EU-representationen}}) == Present cabinet == {{main|Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt}} :''See also: [[List of cabinets of Sweden]] for old governments.'' {| class="wikitable" ! width="320" | Portfolio ! Minister ! Political party ! Took office |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Rosenbad|Prime Minister's Office]]''' |- | [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]],<br/>Head of the Prime Minister's Office | [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | [[Minister for EU Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for EU Affairs]] | [[Cecilia Malmström]] | [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Justice (Sweden)|Ministry of Justice]]''' |- | [[Minister for Justice (Sweden)|Minister for Justice]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Justice | [[Beatrice Ask]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | [[Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy (Sweden)|Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy]] | [[Tobias Billström]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]]''' |- | [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]],<br/>Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs | [[Carl Bildt]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | [[Minister for Foreign Trade (Sweden)|Minister for Foreign Trade]] | [[Ewa Björling]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[September 12]] [[2007]] |- | [[Minister for International Development Cooperation (Sweden)|Minister for International Development Cooperation]] | [[Gunilla Carlsson]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Defence (Sweden)|Ministry of Defence]]''' |- | [[Minister for Defence (Sweden)|Minister for Defence]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Defence | [[Sten Tolgfors]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[September 5]] [[2007]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry of Health and Social Affairs]]''' |- | [[Minister for Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for Health and Social Affairs]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs | [[Göran Hägglund]] | [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | [[Minister for Elderly Care and Public Health (Sweden)|Minister for Elderly Care and Public Health]] | [[Maria Larsson]] | [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | [[Minister for Social Security (Sweden)|Minister for Social Security]] | [[Cristina Husmark Pehrsson]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Finance (Sweden)|Ministry of Finance]]''' |- | [[Minister for Finance (Sweden)|Minister for Finance]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Finance | [[Anders Borg]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | [[Minister for Local Government and Financial Markets (Sweden)|Minister for Local Government and Financial Markets]] | [[Mats Odell]] | [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden)|Ministry of Education and Research]]''' |- | [[Minister for Schools (Sweden)|Minister for Education, Minister for Schools]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Education and Research | [[Jan Björklund]] | [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]] | [[September 7]] [[2007]] |- | | [[Minister for Education and Research (Sweden)|Minister for Higher Education and Research]] | [[Lars Leijonborg]] | [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]] | [[September 7]] [[2007]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (Sweden)|Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries]]''' |- | [[Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (Sweden)|Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries | [[Eskil Erlandsson]] | [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of the Environment (Sweden)|Ministry of the Environment]]''' |- | [[Minister for the Environment (Sweden)|Minister for the Environment]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of the Environment | [[Andreas Carlgren]] | [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications (Sweden)|Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications]]''' |- | [[Minister for Enterprise and Energy (Sweden)|Minister for Enterprise and Energy]],<br/>[[Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden|Deputy Prime Minister]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications | [[Maud Olofsson]] | [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | [[Minister for Communications (Sweden)|Minister for Communications]] | [[Åsa Torstensson]] | [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality (Sweden)|Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality]]''' |- | [[Minister for Integration and Gender Equality (Sweden)|Minister for Integration and Gender Equality]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality | [[Nyamko Sabuni]] | [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Culture (Sweden)|Ministry of Culture]]''' |- | [[Minister for Culture (Sweden)|Minister for Culture]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Culture | [[Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[October 24]] [[2006]] |- | colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Employment (Sweden)|Ministry of Employment]]''' |- | [[Minister for Employment (Sweden)|Minister for Employment]],<br/>Head of the Ministry of Employment | [[Sven Otto Littorin]] | [[Moderate Party]] | [[October 6]] [[2006]] |} == Government agencies == {{seealso|Government agencies in Sweden}} The ministries in Sweden are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, relying on Government agencies who independently carry out Government policy. A Government agency is constituted under the authority of a Ministry, but the Ministry is only allowed to influence the agency by making policy. The Minister in charge was furthermore prohibited from interfering with the day-to-day operation and the outcome in individual cases. An exception to this are the Legations and Embassies in foreign countries, which are under the damned authority and integrated with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. == See also == *[[List of Swedish politicians]] *[[Elections in Sweden]] *[[Referendums in Sweden]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.sweden.gov.se/ The Swedish Government] - Official site *[http://www.sweden.gov.se/govoffices/govoff_org.htm Organization and Ministerial Bios] at Official site [[Category:Government of Sweden| ]] [[Category:Executive branches of government|Sweden]] [[de:Regierung (Schweden)]] [[ja:政府 (スウェーデン)]] [[no:Sveriges regjering]] [[sv:Sveriges regering]] contitutional monarchy