Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs of Sweden
Ecklesiastikminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit
Formation	16 May 1840
First holder	Albrecht Elof Ihre
Final holder	Olof Palme
Abolished	31 December 1967
Superseded by	Minister for Education

The Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs^[1] (Swedish: Ecklesiastikminister) was a member of the government of Sweden. The minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs was the head of the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1840 to 1967 which handled matters concerning the church, education, science, culture, medical and general health care as well as poorhouses.^[2] The minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs became the minister for education on 1 January 1968.

History

The Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs was established in 1840 and Albrecht Elof Ihre became the first minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs. The head of the ministry bore the official title "cabinet minister and the head of the royal ministry of education and ecclesiastical affairs", but in everyday speech was usually called the minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs.^[3] In the early 1900s, other officials at the ministry were: one director general for administrative affairs (expeditionschef), three deputy directors (kansliråd) and director (byråchef), six administrative officers (kanslisekreterare), a registrar and a number of amanuenses (extra ordinary officials).^[3]

The Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs became the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs on 1 January 1968 and thus the position of minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs became the minister for education. Olof Palme became the last minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs on 31 December 1967 and the first minister of education on 1 January 1968.

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

Portrait	Minister (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
1840–1967[edit]
Portrait	Minister (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
	Albrecht Elof Ihre (1797–1877)	16 May 1840	29 December 1842	2 years, 227 days	Independent	–	Charles XIV John
	Samuel Grubbe (1786–1853) Acting ^[4]	10 September 1840	29 December 1842	2 years, 110 days	Independent	–	Charles XIV John
	Christopher Isac Heurlin (1786–1860) ^[5]	29 December 1842	18 May 1844	1 year, 141 days	Independent	–	Charles XIV John
	Fredrik Otto Silfverstolpe (1795–1882)	18 May 1844	10 April 1848	3 years, 328 days	Independent	–	Oscar I
	Paulus Genberg (1811–1875) ^[6]	10 April 1848	2 April 1852	3 years, 358 days	Independent	–	Oscar I
	Henrik Reuterdahl (1795–1870) ^[7]	3 April 1852	9 March 1855	2 years, 340 days	Independent	–	Oscar I
	Lars Anton Anjou (1803–1884) ^[8]	9 March 1855	29 January 1859	3 years, 326 days	Independent	–	Oscar I
	Henning Hamilton (1814–1886) ^[9]	29 January 1859	2 November 1860	1 year, 278 days	Independent	–	Oscar I
	Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–1891)	2 November 1860	1 August 1863	2 years, 272 days	Independent	–	Oscar I
	Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson (1811–1887) ^[10]	1 August 1863	3 June 1870	6 years, 306 days	Independent	–	Oscar I
	Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901)	3 June 1870	11 May 1875	4 years, 342 days	Independent	– –	Charles XV Oscar II
	Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson (1811–1887) ^[10]	11 May 1875	1 November 1878	3 years, 174 days	Independent	–	De Geer II De Geer III
	Carl Gustaf Malmström (1822–1912) ^[11]	1 November 1878	27 August 1880	1 year, 300 days	Independent	–	Posse
	Carl Hammarskjöld (1838–1898) ^[12]	27 August 1880	6 February 1888	7 years, 163 days	Independent	–	Thyselius Themptander
	Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901)	6 February 1888	6 November 1891	3 years, 273 days	Moderate	– – Lantmanna–M	G. Bildt Åkerhielm Boström I
	Gustaf Gilljam (1832–1908) ^[13]	6 November 1891	22 June 1898	6 years, 228 days	Independent	Lantmanna–M	Boström I
	Nils Claëson (1848–1910) ^[14]	22 June 1898	5 July 1902	4 years, 13 days	Independent	M–Lantmanna	von Otter
	Carl von Friesen (1846–1905) ^[15]	5 July 1902	10 June 1905	2 years, 340 days	Independent	M–Lantmanna	Boström II Ramstedt
	Karl Husberg (1854–1928) ^[16]	19 June 1905	2 August 1905	44 days	Independent	M–Lantmanna	Ramstedt
	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953) ^[17]	2 August 1905	7 November 1905	97 days	Independent	M–Lantmanna–L	Lundeberg
	Fridtjuv Berg (1851–1916) ^[18]	7 November 1905	29 May 1906	203 days	Liberals	–	Staaf I
	Hugo Hammarskjöld (1845–1937) ^[19]	29 May 1906	11 June 1909	3 years, 13 days	National Progress Party	M–Lantmanna–Första kammarens moderata parti–National Progress Party	Lindman I
	Elof Lindström (1863–1924) ^[20]	11 June 1909	7 October 1911	2 years, 118 days	Independent	M–Lantmanna–Första kammarens moderata parti–National Progress Party	Lindman I
	Fridtjuv Berg (1851–1916) ^[18]	7 October 1911	17 February 1914	2 years, 133 days	Liberals	–	Staaf II
	Karl Gustaf Westman (1876–1944)	17 February 1914	30 March 1917	3 years, 41 days	National Party	–	Hammarskjöld
	Alexis Hammarström (1858–1936)	30 March 1917	19 October 1917	203 days	Independent	Electoral League–National Party	Swartz
	Värner Rydén (1878–1930) ^[21]	19 October 1917	28 November 1919	2 years, 40 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–L	Edén
	Olof Olsson (1872–1939) ^[22]	28 November 1919	27 October 1920	334 days	Social Democrats	–	Branting I
	Bengt J:son Bergqvist (1860–1936) ^[23]	27 October 1920	13 October 1921	351 days	Independent	–	De Geer von Sydow
	Olof Olsson (1872–1939) ^[22]	13 October 1921	19 April 1923	1 year, 188 days	Social Democrats	–	Branting II
	Samuel Clason (1867–1925)	19 April 1923	18 October 1924	1 year, 182 days	Electoral League	–	Trygger
	Olof Olsson (1872–1939) ^[22]	18 October 1924	7 June 1926	1 year, 232 days	Social Democrats	–	Branting II
	John Almkvist (1875–1946)	7 June 1926	2 October 1928	2 years, 117 days	Liberals	L–L	Ekman I
	Claes Lindskog (1870–1954) ^[24]	2 October 1928	7 June 1930	1 year, 248 days	Electoral League	–	Lindman II
	Samuel Stadener (1872–1937)	7 June 1930	24 September 1932	2 years, 109 days	Liberals	–	Ekman II
	Arthur Engberg (1888–1944) ^[25]	24 September 1932	19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days	Social Democrats	–	Hansson I
	Tor Andræ (1885–1947)	19 June 1936	28 September 1936	101 days	Independent	–	Pehrsson-Bramstorp
	Arthur Engberg (1888–1944) ^[25]	28 September 1936	13 December 1939	3 years, 76 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP–C	Hansson II
	Gösta Bagge (1882–1951)	13 December 1939	15 December 1944	5 years, 2 days	Moderate	S/SAP–C–M	Hansson III
	Georg Andrén (1890–1969)	15 December 1944	31 July 1945	228 days	Moderate	S/SAP–C–M	Hansson III
	Tage Erlander (1901–1985)	31 July 1945	11 October 1946	1 year, 72 days	Social Democrats	–	Hansson IV
	Josef Weijne (1893–1951)	11 October 1946	8 March 1951	4 years, 148 days	Social Democrats	–	Erlander I
	Hildur Nygren (1896–1962) ^[26]	17 March 1951	1 October 1951	198 days	Social Democrats	–	Erlander I
	Ivar Persson (1901–1979) ^[27]	1 October 1951	30 October 1957	6 years, 29 days	Centre	S/SAP–C	Erlander II
	Ragnar Edenman (1914–1998)	31 October 1957	29 September 1967	9 years, 333 days	Social Democrats	–	Erlander III
	Olof Palme (1927–1968) ^[28]	29 September 1967	31 December 1967	93 days	Social Democrats	–	Erlander III

References

Notes

^ Gullberg 1977, p. 171.
^ Hedman, Wegelius & Sundin 2008, p. 17
^ ^a ^b Westrin 1907, pp. 1308–1309
^ Cullberg 1967–1969, p. 351
^ Österlin 1971–1973, p. 5
^ Österlin 1967–1969, p. 55
^ Bexell 1998–2000, p. 26
^ Lundström 1918, p. 795
^ Holmberg 1969–1971, p. 109
^ ^a ^b Stavenow 1927, p. 527
^ Nilzén 1985–1987, p. 31
^ Sprinchorn 1969–1971, p. 171
^ Sprinchorn 1967–1969, p. 128
^ Uddén 1929, p. 543
^ Sprinchorn 1964–1966, p. 544
^ Hildebrand 1971–1973, p. 498
^ Herlitz 1969–1971, p. 175
^ ^a ^b Bruce 1922, p. 410
^ Hildebrand 1969–1971, p. 174
^ Carlsson 1980–1981a, p. 629
^ Larsson 2000–2002, p. 81
^ ^a ^b ^c Gidlöf 1992–1994, p. 331
^ Nordlund 1922, p. 665
^ Carlsson 1980–1981b, p. 604
^ ^a ^b Hemming 1950, p. 545
^ Hatje 1990–1991, p. 707
^ Richardson 1995–1997, p. 79
^ Ruin 1992–1994, p. 623

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History

List of officeholders

1840–1967[edit]

References

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