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The Prime Minister (Swedish: statsminister, literally "Minister of the State") is the head of government in Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested. Louis De Geer, the architect behind the new bicameral Riksdag of 1866 that replaced the centuries-old Riksdag of the Estates, became the first officeholder in 1876. The current Prime Minister of Sweden is Stefan Löfven, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.
Prime Ministers under the Kingdom of Sweden (1905–present)
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Name (Birth–Death) |
Term | Political Party | Election(s) | Cabinet(s) | |||
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Karl Staaff (1860–1915) |
7 November 1905 | 29 May 1906 | 203 days | Liberal Coalition Party | 1905 |
Staaff I LS |
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Arvid Lindman (1862–1936) |
29 May 1906 | 7 October 1911 | 5 years, 133 days | General Electoral League | 1908 |
Lindman I AvF |
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Karl Staaff (1860–1915) |
7 October 1911 | 17 February 1914 | 2 years, 133 days | Liberal Coalition Party | 1911 |
Staaff II LS |
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Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953) |
17 February 1914 | 30 March 1917 | 3 years, 41 days | Independent |
March 1914 September 1914 |
Hammarskjöld | |
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Carl Swartz (1858–1926) |
30 March 1917 | 19 October 1917 | 203 days | National Party | 1908 |
Swartz N |
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Nils Edén (1871–1945) |
19 October 1917 | 10 March 1920 | 2 years, 143 days | Liberal Coalition Party | 1917 |
Edén LS-S |
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Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925) |
10 March 1920 | 27 October 1920 | 231 days | Social Democrats | — |
Branting I S |
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Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854–1935) |
27 October 1920 | 23 February 1921 | 119 days | Independent | 1920 | G.L. De Geer | |
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Oscar von Sydow (1873–1936) |
23 February 1921 | 13 October 1921 | 232 days | Independent | — | von Sydow | |
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Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925) |
13 October 1921 | 19 April 1923 | 1 year, 192 days | Social Democrats | 1921 |
Branting II S |
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Ernst Trygger (1857–1943) |
19 April 1923 | 18 October 1924 | 1 year, 182 days | National Party | — |
Trygger N |
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Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925) |
18 October 1924 | 24 January 1925 | 98 days | Social Democrats | 1924 |
Branting III S |
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Rickard Sandler (1884–1964) |
24 January 1925 | 7 June 1926 | 1 year, 134 days | Social Democrats | — |
Sandler S |
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Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945) |
7 June 1926 | 2 October 1928 | 2 years, 117 days | Freeminded People's Party | — |
Ekman I FF-L |
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Arvid Lindman (1862–1936) |
2 October 1928 | 7 June 1930 | 1 year, 248 days | General Electoral League | 1928 |
Lindman II AvF |
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Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945) |
7 June 1930 | 6 August 1932 | 2 years, 60 days | Freeminded People's Party | — |
Ekman II FF |
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Felix Hamrin (1875–1937) |
6 August 1932 | 24 September 1932 | 49 days | Freeminded People's Party | — |
Hamrin FF |
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Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946) |
24 September 1932 | 19 June 1936 | 3 years, 269 days | Social Democrats | 1932 |
Hansson I S |
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Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954) |
19 June 1936 | 28 September 1936 | 101 days | Farmers' League | — |
Pehrsson-Bramstorp Bf |
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Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946) |
28 September 1936 | 13 December 1939 | 10 years, 8 days | Social Democrats | 1936 |
Hansson II S–Bf |
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| 13 December 1939 | 31 July 1945 |
1940 1944 |
Hansson III S–Bf–AvF–FP |
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| 31 July 1945 | 6 October 1946 | — |
Hansson IV S |
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Tage Erlander (1901–1985) |
11 October 1946 | 1 October 1951 | 23 years, 3 days | Social Democrats | 1948 |
Erlander I S |
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| 1 October 1951 | 31 October 1957 |
1952 1956 |
Erlander II S–Bf |
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| 31 October 1957 | 14 October 1969 |
1958 1960 1964 1968 |
Erlander III S |
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Olof Palme (1927–1986) |
14 October 1969 | 8 October 1976 | 6 years, 360 days | Social Democrats |
1970 1973 |
Palme I S |
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Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016) |
8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | 2 years, 10 days | Centre Party | 1976 |
Fälldin I C–M–FP |
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Ola Ullsten (1931–) |
18 October 1978 | 12 October 1979 | 362 days | People's Party | — |
Ullsten FP |
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Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016) |
12 October 1979 | 22 May 1981 | 2 years, 361 days | Centre Party | 1979 |
Fälldin II C–M–FP |
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| 22 May 1981 | 8 October 1982 | — |
Fälldin III C–FP |
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Olof Palme (1927–1986) |
8 October 1982 | 28 February 1986[1] | 3 years, 143 days | Social Democrats |
1982 1985 |
Palme II S |
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Ingvar Carlsson (1934–) |
1 March 1986[2] | 27 February 1990 | 5 years, 217 days | Social Democrats | 1988 |
Carlsson I S |
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| 27 February 1990 | 4 October 1991 | — |
Carlsson II S |
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Carl Bildt (1949–) |
4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Moderate Party | 1991 |
C. Bildt M–C–FP–KD |
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Ingvar Carlsson (1934–) |
7 October 1994 | 22 March 1996 | 1 year, 167 days | Social Democrats | 1994 |
Carlsson III S |
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Göran Persson (1949–) |
22 March 1996 | 6 October 2006 | 10 years, 198 days | Social Democrats |
1998 2002 |
Persson S |
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Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965–) |
6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | 7 years, 362 days |
Moderate Party (Alliance for Sweden) |
2006 2010 |
Reinfeldt M–C–FP–KD |
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Stefan Löfven (1957–) |
3 October 2014 | Incumbent | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | 2014 |
Löfven S–MP |
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