The Minister for Rural Affairs (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for Rural Affairs and prior to that Minister of Agriculture ) is a position in the Government of Sweden since November 2021 and previously from 1900 to July 2021. It was merged into the office of Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation in July 2021 but was re-established in November 2021 by newly appointed Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson . It was also kept after the government shift due to the 2022 Swedish general election , when current minister Peter Kullgren (kd ) was appointed.
The officeholder was a member and minister of the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister . The minister headed the Ministry for Rural Affairs until 2014, when the office was placed under the Ministry of Enterprise . The officeholder was responsible for agriculture and environmental issues relating to agriculture, fishery , reindeer husbandry , Sami affairs, horticulture, animal welfare, foodstuffs, hunting and game management, as well as higher education and research in the field of agricultural sciences.
History
The office was founded in 1900 under the name of Minister of Agriculture, and its first holder was Theodor Odelberg . The title was renamed Minister for Rural Affairs in 2010.
List of ministers
No.
Portrait
Minister
Took office
Left office
Time in office
Party
Cabinet
1 Theodor Odelsberg (1847–1938) 31 March 1900 2 August 1905 5 years, 124 days Moderate Boström I 2 Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) 2 August 1905 7 November 1905 97 days Electoral League Lundeberg 3 Gösta Tamm (1866–1931) 7 November 1905 29 May 1906 203 days Free-minded Staaff I (2) Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) 29 May 1906 17 March 1909 2 years, 292 days Electoral League Lindman I 4 Oscar Nylander (1853–1920) 17 March 1909 7 October 1911 2 years, 204 days Electoral League Lindman I (2) Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) 7 October 1911 17 February 1914 2 years, 133 days Free-minded Staaff II 5 Johan Beck-Friis (1862–1929) 17 February 1914 30 March 1917 3 years, 41 days Independent Hammarskjöld 6 Knut Dahlberg (1877–1949) 30 March 1917 19 October 1917 203 days Electoral League Swartz (2) Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) 19 October 1917 10 March 1920 2 years, 143 days Free-minded Edén 7 Olof Nilsson (1863–1928) 10 March 1920 27 October 1920 231 days Social Democrats Branting I 8 Nils Hansson (1867–1945) 27 October 1920 13 October 1921 351 days Independent De Geer 9 Sven Linders (1873–1932) 13 October 1921 19 April 1923 1 year, 188 days Social Democrats Branting II 10 David Pettersson (1866–1957) 19 April 1923 18 October 1924 1 year, 182 days Electoral League Trygger (9) Sven Linders (1873–1932) 18 October 1924 7 June 1926 1 year, 232 days Social Democrats Branting III 11 Paul Hellström (1866–1927) 7 June 1926 3 July 1927 1 year, 26 days Free-minded Ekman I 12 Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962) 12 July 1927 2 October 1928 1 year, 82 days Free-minded Ekman I 13 Johan Bernhard Johansson (1877–1949) 2 October 1928 7 June 1930 1 year, 248 days Electoral League Lindman II (12) Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962) 7 June 1930 24 September 1932 2 years, 109 days Free-minded Ekman II 14 Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) 24 September 1932 19 June 1936 3 years, 269 days Social Democrats Hansson I 15 Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954) 19 June 1936 31 July 1945 9 years, 42 days Centre Pehrsson-Bramstorp Hansson II Hansson III (14) Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) 31 July 1945 29 October 1948 3 years, 90 days Social Democrats Hansson IV Erlander I 16 Gunnar Sträng (1906–1992) 29 October 1948 1 October 1951 2 years, 337 days Social Democrats Erlander I 17 Sam B. Norup (1896–1973) 1 October 1951 1 February 1957 5 years, 123 days Centre Erlander II 18 Bernhard Näsgård (1891–1957) 1 February 1957 8 July 1957 157 days Centre Erlander II 19 Nils G. Hansson (1902–1981) 29 July 1957 31 October 1957 94 days Centre Erlander II 20 Gösta Netzén (1908–1984) 31 October 1957 24 November 1961 4 years, 24 days Social Democrats Erlander III 21 Eric Holmquist (1917–2009) 24 November 1961 24 January 1969 7 years, 61 days Social Democrats Erlander III 22 Ingemund Bengtsson (1919–2000) 25 January 1969 3 November 1973 4 years, 282 days Social Democrats Erlander III Palme I 23 Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991) 3 November 1973 8 October 1976 2 years, 340 days Social Democrats Palme I 24 Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986) 8 October 1976 18 October 1978 2 years, 10 days Centre Fälldin I 25 Eric Enlund (1918–2011) 18 October 1978 12 October 1979 359 days Liberals Ullsten (24) Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986) 12 October 1979 4 October 1982 2 years, 357 days Centre Fälldin II Fälldin III – Claes Elmstedt (1928–2018) Acting 4 October 1982 8 October 1982 4 days Centre Fälldin III (23) Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991) 8 October 1982 10 October 1986 4 years, 2 days Social Democrats Palme II Carlsson I 26 Mats Hellström (born 1942) 10 October 1986 4 October 1991 4 years, 359 days Social Democrats Carlsson I Carlsson II 27 Karl Erik Olsson (1938–2021) 4 October 1991 7 October 1994 3 years, 3 days Centre Bildt 28 Margareta Winberg (born 1947) 7 October 1994 22 March 1996 1 year, 167 days Social Democrats Carlsson III 29 Annika Åhnberg (born 1949) 22 March 1996 7 October 1998 2 years, 199 days Social Democrats Persson (28) Margareta Winberg (born 1947) 7 October 1998 21 October 2002 4 years, 14 days Social Democrats Persson 30 Ann-Christin Nykvist (born 1948) 21 October 2002 6 October 2006 3 years, 350 days Social Democrats Persson 31 Eskil Erlandsson (born 1957) 6 October 2006 5 October 2010 3 years, 364 days Centre Reinfeldt
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