List of Prime Ministers of Sweden

Current Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt was appointed on October 6, 2006

The Prime Minister (Swedish: statsminister, literally "Minister of the State") is the head of government in the Kingdom of Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested. Louis De Geer, the architect behind the new bicameral Riksdag of 1866 that replaced the centuries old Riksdag of the Estates, became the first officeholder in 1876. The current Prime Minister of Sweden is Fredrik Reinfeldt, leader of the Moderate Party. Below is the list and statistics of Prime Ministers of Sweden since the creation of the office in 1876. The list does not include acting prime ministers, the only example to date is Östen Undén who served as acting prime minister from October 6, 1946 to October 11, 1946.

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List of Prime Ministers under the United Kingdom of Norway and Sweden (1876–1905)

Name (Born-Died)		Portrait	Term		Political Party	Cabinet(s)	Monarch (Reign)
			Took office	Left office
	Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818–1896)		March 20, 1876	April 19, 1880	Independent	L.G. De Geer II	Oscar II (1872–1907)
	Arvid Posse (1820–1901)		April 19, 1880	June 13, 1883	Lantmanna Party	Posse
	Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–1891)		June 13, 1883	May 16, 1884	Independent	Thyselius
	Robert Themptander (1844–1897)		May 16, 1884	February 6, 1888	Independent	Themptander
	Gillis Bildt (1820–1894)		February 6, 1888	October 12, 1889	Independent	G. Bildt
	Åkerhielm, GustafGustaf Åkerhielm (1833–1900)		October 12, 1889	July 10, 1891	Protectionist Majority Party	Åkerhielm
	Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907)		July 10, 1891	September 12, 1900	Lantmanna Party	Boström I
	Fredrik von Otter (1833–1910)		September 12, 1900	July 5, 1902	Independent	von Otter
	Erik Gustaf Boström (2nd term) (1842–1907)		July 5, 1902	April 13, 1905	Lantmanna Party	Boström II
	Johan Ramstedt (1852–1935)		April 13, 1905April 13, 1905	August 2, 1905August 2, 1905	0Independent	Ramstedt
	Christian Lundeberg (1842–1911)		August 2, 1905	November 7, 1905	Protectionist Majority Party	Lundeberg

Prime Ministers under the Kingdom of Sweden (1905 – present)

Name (Born-Died)		Portrait	Term			Political Party	Election(s)	Cabinet(s)	Monarch (Reign)
			Took office	Left office	Duration
	Karl Staaff (1860–1915)		7 November 1905	29 May 1906	50000000000000000000 years, 7002203000000000000203 days	Liberal Coalition Party	1905	Staaff I LS	Oscar II (1872–1907)
	Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)		29 May 1906	7 October 1911	70005000000000000005 years, 7002131000000000000131 days	General Electoral League	1908	Lindman I AvF
	Karl Staaff (1860–1915)		7 October 1911	17 February 1914	70002000000000000002 years, 7002133000000000000133 days	Liberal Coalition Party	1911	Staaff II LS	Gustaf V (1907–1950)
	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)		17 February 1914	30 March 1917	70003000000000000003 years, 700141000000000000041 days	Independent	March 1914 September 1914	Hammarskjöld
	Carl Swartz (1858–1926)		30 March 1917	19 October 1917	50000000000000000000 years, 7002203000000000000203 days	National Party	1908	Swartz N
	Nils Edén (1871–1945)		19 October 1917	10 March 1920	70002000000000000002 years, 7002143000000000000143 days	Liberal Coalition Party	1917	Edén LS-S
	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)		10 March 1920	27 October 1920	50000000000000000000 years, 7002231000000000000231 days	Social Democrats	—	Branting I S
	Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854–1935)		27 October 1920	23 February 1921	50000000000000000000 years, 7002119000000000000119 days	Independent	1920	G.L. De Geer
	Oscar von Sydow (1873–1936)		23 February 1921	13 October 1921	50000000000000000000 years, 7002232000000000000232 days	Independent	—	von Sydow
	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)		13 October 1921	19 April 1923	70001000000000000001 year, 7002188000000000000188 days	Social Democrats	1921	Branting II S
	Ernst Trygger (1857–1943)		19 April 1923	18 October 1924	70001000000000000001 year, 7002182000000000000182 days	National Party	—	Trygger N
	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)		18 October 1924	24 January 1925	50000000000000000000 years, 700198000000000000098 days	Social Democrats	1924	Branting III S
	Rickard Sandler (1884–1964)		24 January 1925	7 June 1926	70001000000000000001 year, 7002134000000000000134 days	Social Democrats	—	Sandler S
	Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)		7 June 1926	2 October 1928	70002000000000000002 years, 7002117000000000000117 days	Freeminded People's Party	—	Ekman I FF-L
	Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)		2 October 1928	7 June 1930	70001000000000000001 year, 7002248000000000000248 days	General Electoral League	1928	Lindman II AvF
	Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)		7 June 1930	6 August 1932	70002000000000000002 years, 700160000000000000060 days	Freeminded People's Party	—	Ekman II FF
	Felix Hamrin (1875–1937)		6 August 1932	24 September 1932	50000000000000000000 years, 700149000000000000049 days	Freeminded People's Party	—	Hamrin FF
	Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)		24 September 1932	19 June 1936	70003000000000000003 years, 7002269000000000000269 days	Social Democrats	1932	Hansson I S
	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954)		19 June 1936	28 September 1936	50000000000000000000 years, 7002101000000000000101 days	Farmers' League	—	Pehrsson-Bramstorp Bf
	Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)		28 September 1936	13 December 1939	700110000000000000010 years, 70008000000000000008 days	Social Democrats	1936	Hansson II S–Bf
			13 December 1939	31 July 1945			1940 1944	Hansson III S–Bf–AvF–FP
			31 July 1945	6 October 1946			—	Hansson IV S
	Tage Erlander (1901–1985)		11 October 1946	1 October 1951	700123000000000000023 years, 70003000000000000003 days	Social Democrats	1948	Erlander I S
			1 October 1951	31 October 1957			1952 1956	Erlander II S–Bf	Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
			31 October 1957	14 October 1969			1958 1960 1964 1968	Erlander III S
	Olof Palme (1927–1986)		14 October 1969	8 October 1976	70006000000000000006 years, 7002360000000000000360 days	Social Democrats	1970 1973	Palme I S
	Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926– )		8 October 1976	18 October 1978	70002000000000000002 years, 700110000000000000010 days	Centre Party	1976	Fälldin I C–M–FP	Carl XVI Gustaf (1973– )
	Ola Ullsten (1931– )		18 October 1978	12 October 1979	50000000000000000000 years, 7002362000000000000362 days	People's Party	—	Ullsten FP
	Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926– )		12 October 1979	22 May 1981	70002000000000000002 years, 7002361000000000000361 days	Centre Party	1979	Fälldin II C–M–FP
			22 May 1981	8 October 1982			—	Fälldin III C–FP
	Olof Palme (1927–1986)		8 October 1982	28 February 1986	70003000000000000003 years, 7002143000000000000143 days	Social Democrats	1982 1985	Palme II S
	Ingvar Carlsson (1934– )		1 March 1986	27 February 1990	70005000000000000005 years, 7002217000000000000217 days	Social Democrats	1988	Carlsson I S
			27 February 1990	4 October 1991			—	Carlsson II S
	Carl Bildt (1949– )		4 October 1991	7 October 1994	70003000000000000003 years, 70003000000000000003 days	Moderate Party	1991	C. Bildt M–C–FP–KD
	Ingvar Carlsson (1934– )		7 October 1994	22 March 1996	70001000000000000001 year, 7002167000000000000167 days	Social Democrats	1994	Carlsson III S
	Göran Persson (1949– )		22 March 1996	6 October 2006	700110000000000000010 years, 7002198000000000000198 days	Social Democrats	1998 2002	Persson S
	Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965– )		6 October 2006	Incumbent	70006000000000000006 years, 7002223000000000000223 days	Moderate Party (Alliance for Sweden)	2006 2010	Reinfeldt M–C–FP–KD

Statistics

#	Prime Minister	Date of birth	Age at ascension (first term)	Time in office (total)	Age at retirement (last term)	Date of death	Longevity
1	De Geer, Louis 1Louis De Geer, Sr.	18180718July 18, 1818(July 18, 1818)	57 24657 years, 246 days	04 0304 years, 30 days	61 27661 years, 276 days	18960924September 24, 1896	700428558000000000028,55878 years, 68 days
2	Posse, ArvidArvid Posse	18200215February 15, 1820(February 15, 1820)	60 06460 years, 64 days	03 0583 years, 58 days	63 12163 years, 121 days	19010424April 24, 1901	700429653000000000029,65381 years, 68 days
3	Thyselius, Carl JohanCarl Johan Thyselius	18110608June 8, 1811(June 8, 1811)	72 00572 years, 5 days	00 3370 years, 337 days	72 34272 years, 342 days	18910111January 11, 1891	700429072000000000029,07279 years, 217 days
4	Themptander, RobertRobert Themptander	18440214February 14, 1844(February 14, 1844)	40 09240 years, 92 days	03 2663 years, 266 days	43 35743 years, 357 days	18970130January 30, 1897	700419040000000000019,04052 years, 351 days
5	Bildt, GillisGillis Bildt	18201016October 16, 1820(October 16, 1820)	67 11367 years, 113 days	01 2481 year, 248 days	68 36168 years, 361 days	18941022October 22, 1894	700427034000000000027,03474 years, 6 days
6	Åkerhielm, GustafGustaf Åkerhielm	18330724July 24, 1833(July 24, 1833)	56 08056 years, 80 days	01 2711 year, 271 days	57 35157 years, 351 days	19000402April 2, 1900	700424358000000000024,35866 years, 252 days
7	Boström, Erik GustafErik Gustaf Boström	18420211February 11, 1842(February 11, 1842)	49 14949 years, 149 days	11 34611 years, 346 days	63 06163 years, 61 days	19070221February 21, 1907	700423750000000000023,75065 years, 10 days
8	Otter, Fredrik vonFredrik von Otter	18330411April 11, 1833(April 11, 1833)	67 15467 years, 154 days	01 2961 year, 296 days	69 08569 years, 85 days	19100309March 9, 1910	700428090000000000028,09076 years, 332 days
9	Ramstedt, JohanJohan Ramstedt	18521107November 7, 1852(November 7, 1852)	52 15752 years, 157 days	00 1110 years, 111 days	52 26852 years, 268 days	19350315March 15, 1935	700430077000000000030,07782 years, 128 days
10	Lundeberg, ChristianChristian Lundeberg	18420714July 14, 1842(July 14, 1842)	63 01963 years, 19 days	00 0970 years, 97 days	63 11663 years, 116 days	19111110November 10, 1911	700425320000000000025,32069 years, 119 days
11	Staaff, KarlKarl Staaff	18600121January 21, 1860(January 21, 1860)	45 29045 years, 290 days	02 3362 years, 336 days	54 02754 years, 27 days	19151004October 4, 1915	700420344000000000020,34455 years, 256 days
12	Lindman, ArvidArvid Lindman	18620919September 19, 1862(September 19, 1862)	43 25243 years, 252 days	07 0147 years, 14 days	49 01849 years, 18 days	19361209December 9, 1936	700427109000000000027,10974 years, 81 days
13	Hammarskjöld, HjalmarHjalmar Hammarskjöld	18620204February 4, 1862(February 4, 1862)	52 01352 years, 13 days	03 0413 years, 41 days	55 05455 years, 54 days	19531012October 12, 1953	700433487000000000033,48791 years, 250 days
14	Swartz, CarlCarl Swartz	18580605June 5, 1858(June 5, 1858)	58 29858 years, 298 days	00 2030 years, 203 days	59 13659 years, 136 days	19261106November 6, 1926	700424990000000000024,99068 years, 154 days
15	Edén, NilsNils Edén	18710825August 25, 1871(August 25, 1871)	46 05546 years, 55 days	02 1432 years, 143 days	48 19848 years, 198 days	19450616June 16, 1945	700426958000000000026,95873 years, 295 days
16	Branting, HjalmarHjalmar Branting	18601123November 23, 1860(November 23, 1860)	59 10859 years, 108 days	02 1522 years, 152 days	64 06264 years, 62 days	19250224February 24, 1925	700423468000000000023,46864 years, 93 days
17	De Geer, Louis 2Louis De Geer, Jr.	18541127November 27, 1854(November 27, 1854)	65 33565 years, 335 days	00 1190 years, 119 days	66 08866 years, 88 days	19350225February 25, 1935	700429309000000000029,30980 years, 90 days
18	Sydow, Oscar vonOscar von Sydow	18730712July 12, 1873(July 12, 1873)	47 22647 years, 226 days	00 2320 years, 232 days	48 09348 years, 93 days	19360819August 19, 1936	700423048000000000023,04863 years, 38 days
19	Trygger, ErnstErnst Trygger	18571027October 27, 1857(October 27, 1857)	65 17465 years, 174 days	01 1821 year, 182 days	66 35766 years, 357 days	19430923September 23, 1943	700431376000000000031,37685 years, 331 days
20	Sandler, RickardRickard Sandler	18840129January 29, 1884(January 29, 1884)	40 36140 years, 361 days	01 1341 year, 134 days	42 12942 years, 129 days	19641112November 12, 1964	700429507000000000029,50780 years, 288 days
21	Ekman, Carl GustafCarl Gustaf Ekman	18721006October 6, 1872(October 6, 1872)	53 24453 years, 244 days	04 1774 years, 177 days	59 30559 years, 305 days	19450615June 15, 1945	700426549000000000026,54972 years, 252 days
22	Hamrin, FelixFelix Hamrin	18750114January 14, 1875(January 14, 1875)	57 20557 years, 205 days	00 0490 years, 49 days	57 25457 years, 254 days	19371127November 27, 1937	700422962000000000022,96262 years, 317 days
23	Hansson, Per AlbinPer Albin Hansson	18851028October 28, 1885(October 28, 1885)	46 33246 years, 332 days	12 27712 years, 277 days	60 34360 years, 343 days	19461006October 6, 1946	700422257000000000022,25760 years, 343 days
24	Pehrsson-Bramstorp, AxelAxel Pehrsson-Bramstorp	18830819August 19, 1883(August 19, 1883)	52 30552 years, 305 days	00 1010 years, 101 days	53 04053 years, 40 days	19540219February 19, 1954	700425751000000000025,75170 years, 184 days
25	Erlander, TageTage Erlander	19010613June 13, 1901(June 13, 1901)	45 12045 years, 120 days	23 00323 years, 3 days	68 12368 years, 123 days	19850621June 21, 1985	700430689000000000030,68984 years, 8 days
26	Palme, OlofOlof Palme	19270130January 30, 1927(January 30, 1927)	42 25742 years, 257 days	10 13910 years, 139 days	59 03059 years, 30 days	19860301February 28, 1986	700421579000000000021,57959 years, 30 days
27	Fälldin, ThorbjörnThorbjörn Fälldin	19260424April 24, 1926(April 24, 1926)	50 16750 years, 167 days	05 0105 years, 10 days	56 16756 years, 167 days	Living	700431800000000000031,800700187000000000000087 years, 700123000000000000023 days (Living)
28	Ullsten, OlaOla Ullsten	19310623June 23, 1931(June 23, 1931)	47 11747 years, 117 days	00 3590 years, 359 days	48 11148 years, 111 days	Living	700429914000000000029,914700181000000000000081 years, 7002328000000000000328 days (Living)
29	Carlsson, IngvarIngvar Carlsson	19341109November 9, 1934(November 9, 1934)	51 11251 years, 112 days	07 0197 years, 19 days	61 13461 years, 134 days	Living	700428679000000000028,679700178000000000000078 years, 7002189000000000000189 days (Living)
30	Bildt, CarlCarl Bildt	19490715July 15, 1949(July 15, 1949)	42 09142 years, 91 days	03 0033 years, 3 days	45 09445 years, 94 days	Living	700423317000000000023,317700163000000000000063 years, 7002306000000000000306 days (Living)
31	Persson, GöranGöran Persson	19490120January 20, 1949(January 20, 1949)	47 06247 years, 62 days	10 19810 years, 198 days	57 25957 years, 259 days	Living	700423493000000000023,493700164000000000000064 years, 7002117000000000000117 days (Living)
32	Reinfeldt, FredrikFredrik Reinfeldt	19650804August 4, 1965(August 4, 1965)	41 06341 years, 63 days	05 22370006000000000000006 years, 7002223000000000000223 days (Ongoing)	Incumbent	Living	700417453000000000017,453700147000000000000047 years, 7002286000000000000286 days (Living)

Records

• The earliest born prime minister was the third one to enter office, Carl Johan Thyselius, born on June 8, 1811. The latest born is the incumbent, Fredrik Reinfeldt, born on August 4, 1965.
• The first prime minister to die (who also happens to be the first one born) was the third one to enter office (Carl Johan Thyselius), who died on January 11, 1891. The latest one to die was Olof Palme, who died on February 28, 1986.
• The oldest prime minister has been Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, who died at an age of 91 years, 250 days. Of those still living, Thorbjörn Fälldin is the oldest, at an age of 700187000000000000087 years, 700123000000000000023 days. He is the only still living prime minister who has made it into the "top 5 list" by surpassing Johan Ramstedt on August 31, 2008. He would have to live until January 2, 2018 to surpass Hjalmar Hammarskjöld and become the oldest Swedish prime minister ever (living until January 1, 2018, he would tie with Hammarskjöld).
• The youngest prime minister at his death has been Robert Themptander, who died at an age of 52 years, 351 days. The incumbent Fredrik Reinfeldt is currently 700147000000000000047 years, 7002286000000000000286 days, so if he would die no later than July 20, 2018, he would become the youngest prime minister at death ever (dying on July 21, 2018, he would tie with Themptander).
• The oldest prime minister to enter office was Carl Johan Thyselius, who entered office at an age of 72 years, 5 days. The youngest one was his closest successor Robert Themptander, who entered office at 40 years, 92 days.
• The record for longest period in office is held by Tage Erlander at 23 years, 3 days. The shortest period in office is held by Östen Undén (5 days), but as he was only acting, the shortest ordinary period was Felix Hamrin's, lasting for 49 days. The incumbent Fredrik Reinfeldt surpassed Louis De Geer, Sr. and made it into the "top 10 list" on November 6, 2010. He would have to remain in office until February 23, 2017 to surpass Olof Palme and make it into the "top 5 list" and until October 10, 2029 to become the prime minister with the longest time in office ever (if his terms were to be consecutive).
• The longest time span between two terms of the same minister was between Arvid Lindman's, at 16 years, 361 days between the end of his first term (October 7, 1911) and the beginning of his second term (October 2, 1928). The shortest time span between two terms of the same minister was 101 days, which was the time of Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp's term between the end of Per Albin Hansson's first (June 19, 1936) and the beginning of his second (September 28, 1936).
• Two of the prime ministers (Per Albin Hansson and Olof Palme) have died in office and Palme is the only one who has been assassinated. Thus, those two have not had any life after office (not counting their interim periods between their respective terms). When it comes to those who have, Hjalmar Branting had the shortest time, dying only 31 days after his resignation (he resigned because of health issues and died from Myocarditis and Gallstone). The prime minister living the longest time after resignation was Rickard Sandler, who died 38 years, 159 days after his resignation. This record will be surpassed by Ola Ullsten if he is still alive on March 1, 2018 (Ullsten would then be almost 87 years old).
• The largest number of former and present prime minister living at the same time is 11, which has happened once. This period lasted from September 24, 1932 (the ascension of Per Albin Hansson) to February 25, 1935 (the death of Louis De Geer, Jr.) (2 years, 154 days). During that time, Per Albin Hansson was the present and former still living prime ministers were Johan Ramstedt, Arvid Lindman, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Nils Edén, Louis De Geer, Jr., Oscar von Sydow, Ernst Trygger, Rickard Sandler, Carl Gustaf Ekman, and Felix Hamrin.

See also

• Prime Minister of Sweden
• Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• Swedish governmental line of succession
• Elections in Sweden
• Living Prime Ministers of Sweden
• List of cabinets of Sweden
• List of Swedish politicians
• List of Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Sweden