Minister for Public Administration of Sweden
Civilminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Erik Slottner since 18 October 2022
Ministry of Finance (formerly the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs)
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit
Formation	1840
First holder	Olof Fåhræus

The Minister for Civil Service Affairs^[1] (Swedish: Civilminister), since 2010 called Minister for Public Administration,^[2] is a member of the Government of Sweden. The minister for civil service affairs was the head of the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs from 1840 to 1996. It was reintroduced as a minister without portfolio post in 2010. Its tasks includes government procurement and an overall responsibility for municipalities and regions.

History

The post was created when the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was established in 1840. Through the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs, matters concerning the lantregeringen (county administrative boards) as well as rural municipalities, köping's and cities were prepared and presented. Other matters were communications (excluding road, ferry and bridge maintenance issues), in particular rail and postal services, telegraphs, telephones and other electrical installations, road, waterway and port facilities, medical and quarantine services, public health as well as civilian health care institutions, concerning the insurance and health insurance system as well as other social issues, concerning flammable oils and explosive goods and suchlike, concerning the borders of Sweden and the special status of the Laplanders, and finally in general all civil matters not assigned to another ministry.^[3] Among actual legal issues, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs' handling included issues concerning the establishment, repeal, amendment or declaration of municipal statutes (except those relating to the church or education system) as well as legislative issues concerning insurance institutions and health insurance funds as well as compensation for occupational injuries. The cases were presented before the King by the minister for civil service affairs, who was a cabinet minister and had the title "Minister and Head of the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs", but in everyday speech was usually called the minister for civil service affairs. For the preparation and handling of cases, the minister had at his disposal an office, which in 1906 consisted of a director general for administrative affairs (expeditionschef), four directors (byråchef) (deputy directors, kansliråd), five administrative officers (kanslisekreterare), a senior registry clerk, an advisor assistant in the preparation of insurance matters and a number of extra ordinary officials.^[3]

In 1920, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was replaced by two ministries and hence the post of minister for civil service affairs disappeared. In 1950 the post was re-introduced when the ministry was re-established for the wage and pension system.^[4] In 1969, the ministry was completely emptied of its old contents and the minister and its ministry would instead be responsible for the county administrative boards, the municipalities and the national physical planning^[5] and then went by the name Ministry of Physical Planning and Local Government. In 1973, the post disappeared again when the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Local Government which then ceased on 31 December 1982. On 1 January 1983, the minister post was reintroduced once again as the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs came in its place as a pure ministry for issues concerning the public sector, for example for issues of working and employment conditions, co-determination and gender equality, Sweden's administrative division, rationalization and audit in central government, computer technology in public administration, statistics, public information, co-determination issues but also administrative matters concerning the Royal Court and Palace Administration (Slottsstaten). In June 1996, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was reorganized into the Ministry of the Interior and the post disappeared again.^[6]

In 2010, the post was reintroduced as the minister for public administration which is a minister without portfolio attached to the Ministry of Finance. Its tasks now includes government procurement and an overall responsibility for municipalities and regions.

List of officeholders

Color key

  Independent
Historical parties:   Lantmanna   Moderate   National Party   Liberals   Liberals   Liberals   Liberals
Present parties:   Social Democrats   Moderate   Centre   Left   Liberals   Christian Democrats   Green   Sweden Democrats

Status

  Denotes acting minister for civil service affairs

1840–1920[edit]
Portrait		Minister (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Olof Fåhræus (1796–1884) [7]	16 May 1840	23 September 1847	7 years, 130 days	Independent	–	Charles XIV John Oscar I
		Fredrik Fåhræus (1796–1865) [8]	23 September 1847	16 December 1856	9 years, 84 days	Independent	–	Oscar I
		Ludvig Almqvist (1818–1884) [9]	16 December 1856	2 November 1860	3 years, 322 days	Independent	–	Oscar I Charles XV
		Gerhard Lagerstråle (1814–1887) [10]	2 November 1860	1 June 1868	7 years, 212 days	Independent	–	Charles XV
		Axel Gustav Adlercreutz (1821–1880) [11]	4 June 1868	3 June 1870	1 year, 213 days	Independent	–	Charles XV
		Axel Bergström (1823–1893) [12]	3 June 1870	11 May 1875	4 years, 342 days	Independent	–	Oscar II
		Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–1891)	11 May 1875	19 April 1880	4 years, 344 days	Independent	–	De Geer the Elder
		Fredrik Hederstierna (1828–1900) [13]	19 April 1880	5 October 1883	3 years, 169 days	Independent	–	Posse Thyselius
		Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–1891)	5 October 1883	30 November 1883	56 days	Independent	–	Thyselius
		Edvard von Krusenstjerna (1841–1907) [14]	30 November 1883	12 October 1889	5 years, 316 days	Independent	–	Thyselius Themptander Bildt
		Lennart Groll (1845–1896) [15]	12 October 1889	6 October 1896	6 years, 360 days	Independent	–	Boström I
		Edvard von Krusenstjerna (1841–1907) [14]	6 October 1896	5 July 1902	5 years, 272 days	Independent	–	Boström I von Otter
		Hjalmar Westring (1857–1926)	5 July 1902	2 August 1905	3 years, 28 days	Independent	–	Boström II Ramstedt
		Johan Widén (1856–1933)	2 August 1905	7 November 1905	97 days	Lantmanna	–	Lundeberg
		Axel Schotte (1857–1922) [16]	7 November 1905	29 May 1906	203 days	Liberals	–	Staaff I
		Julius Juhlin (1861–1934) [17]	29 May 1906	4 December 1907	1 year, 189 days	Independent	–	Lindman I
		Hugo E. G. Hamilton (1849–1928) [18]	4 December 1907	7 October 1911	3 years, 307 days	Independent	–	Lindman I
		Axel Schotte (1857–1922) [16]	7 October 1911	17 February 1914	2 years, 133 days	Liberals	–	Staaff II
		Oscar von Sydow (1873–1936) [19]	16 February 1914	29 June 1917	3 years, 133 days	Independent	–	Hammarskjöld
		Walter Murray (1871–1957) [20]	29 June 1917	19 October 1917	112 days	Independent	National Party–Electoral League	Swartz
		Axel Schotte (1857–1922) [16]	19 October 1917	28 November 1919	2 years, 40 days	Liberals	L–S/SAP	Edén
		Fredrik Holmquist (1857–1922) [21]	28 November 1919	10 March 1920	103 days	Liberals	L–S/SAP	Edén
		Carl Svensson (1879–1938)	10 March 1920	30 June 1920	112 days	Social Democrats	–	Branting I
1950–1973[edit]
Portrait		Minister (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		John Lingman (1901–1962) [22]	1 July 1950	28 November 1954	4 years, 150 days	Social Democrats	–	Erlander I Erlander II
		Gunnar Lange (1909–1976) [23]	29 November 1954	12 September 1955	287 days	Social Democrats	–	Erlander II
		Sigurd Lindholm (1904–1990)	12 September 1955	16 September 1965	10 years, 4 days	Social Democrats	–	Erlander II Erlander III
		Hans Gustafsson (1912–1981)	16 September 1965	1 July 1969	3 years, 288 days	Social Democrats	–	Erlander III
		Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991)	1 July 1969	3 November 1973	4 years, 125 days	Social Democrats	–	Erlander III Palme I
		Hans Gustafsson (1923–1998)	3 November 1973	31 December 1973	58 days	Social Democrats	–	Palme I
1983–1996[edit]
Portrait		Minister (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Bo Holmberg (1942–2010)	1 January 1983	4 October 1988	5 years, 277 days	Social Democrats	–	Palme II Carlsson I
		Bengt K. Å. Johansson (1937–2021)	4 October 1988	4 October 1991	2 years, 351 days	Social Democrats	–	Carlsson I Carlsson II
		Inger Davidson (born 1944)	21 October 1991	7 October 1994	2 years, 351 days	Christian Democrats	C–M–L–KD	Bildt
		Marita Ulvskog (born 1951)	7 October 1994	22 March 1996	1 year, 167 days	Social Democrats	–	Carlsson III
		Jörgen Andersson (born 1946)	22 March 1996	30 June 1996	100 days	Social Democrats	–	Persson
2010–present[edit]
Portrait		Minister (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Stefan Attefall (born 1960)	5 October 2010	3 October 2014	3 years, 363 days	Christian Democrats	Alliance	Reinfeldt
		Ardalan Shekarabi (born 1978)	3 October 2014	1 October 2019	4 years, 363 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I Löfven II
		Lena Micko (born 1955)	1 October 2019	30 November 2021	2 years, 60 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–MP	Löfven II Löfven III
		Ida Karkiainen (born 1988)	30 November 2021	18 October 2022	322 days	Social Democrats	–	Andersson
		Erik Slottner (born 1980)	18 October 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 108 days	Christian Democrats	M–KD–L	Kristersson