Mats Hellström (born 12 January 1942[1] in Stockholm) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician.[1] He was minister of foreign trade from 1983 to 1986, minister for agriculture from 1986 to 1991 and minister of foreign trade again from 1994 to 1996.[1] He replaced Svante Lundkvist as agriculture minister in 1986.[2][3] During his term as agriculture minister Michael Sohlman was his state secretary.[2][3]