Minister for Migration (Sweden)

Minister for Migration
Migrationsminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Johan Forssell since 10 September 2024
Ministry of Justice
Member of	The Government
Seat	Stockholm, Sweden
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Formation	1996
First holder	Pierre Schori
Website	[1]

The Minister for Migration, (Swedish: migrationsminister), formally cabinet minister of the Ministry of Justice, is a member and minister of the Government of Sweden and is appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister is responsible for policies related to migration and asylum policies.

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Minister (Born–Died)	Tenure			Political party	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Pierre Schori (born 1938)	22 March 1996	14 September 1999	3 years, 176 days	Social Democrats		Persson
2		Maj-Inger Klingvall (born 1946)	14 September 1999	16 November 2001	2 years, 63 days	Social Democrats
3		Jan O. Karlsson (1939–2016)	7 January 2002	10 October 2003	1 year, 276 days	Social Democrats
4		Barbro Holmberg (born 1952)	10 October 2003	6 October 2006	2 years, 361 days	Social Democrats
5		Tobias Billström (born 1973)	6 October 2006	3 October 2014	7 years, 362 days	Moderate		Reinfeldt
6		Morgan Johansson (born 1970)	3 October 2014	27 July 2017	2 years, 297 days	Social Democrats		Löfven I
7		Heléne Fritzon (born 1960)	27 July 2017	21 January 2019	1 year, 178 days	Social Democrats
(6)		Morgan Johansson (born 1970)	21 January 2019	30 November 2021	2 years, 313 days	Social Democrats		Löfven II Löfven III
8		Anders Ygeman (born 1970)	30 November 2021	18 October 2022	322 days	Social Democrats		Andersson
9		Maria Malmer Stenergard (born 1981)	18 October 2022	10 September 2024	1 year, 328 days	Moderate Party		Kristersson
10		Johan Forssell (born 1979)	10 September 2024		126 days

Ministry history

The office of Minister for Migration has been under several different ministries since its founding in 1996.

Ministry	Term
Ministry for Foreign Affairs	1996–2006
Ministry of Justice	2006–present