Minister for Gender Equality (Sweden)

Minister for Gender Equality
Jämställdhetsminister
Incumbent Åsa Lindhagen since 21 January 2019
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Ulla Lindström
Formation	1954
Website	www.sweden.gov.se

The Minister for Gender Equality (Swedish: Jämställdhetsministern) is a cabinet minister within the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.

The minister is responsible for issues regarding gender equality, popular education and policies for the civil society. The current Minister for Gender Equality is Åsa Lindhagen, appointed on 21 January 2019.

List of Ministers for Gender Equality

Name		Term	Political Party	Prime Minister
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Ulla Lindström	1954–1966	Social Democrats	Tage Erlander
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Camilla Odhnoff	1966–1973	Social Democrats
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|				Olof Palme
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Anna-Greta Leijon	1973–1976	Social Democrats
bgcolor=Template:Liberal People's Party (Sweden)/meta/color|	Eva Winther	1978–1979	Liberal People's Party	Ola Ullsten
bgcolor=Template:Centre Party (Sweden)/meta/color|	Karin Andersson	1979–1982	Centre Party	Thorbjörn Fälldin
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Anita Gradin	1982–1986	Social Democrats	Olof Palme
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Maj-Lis Lööw	1989–1991	Social Democrats	Ingvar Carlsson
bgcolor=Template:Liberal People's Party (Sweden)/meta/color|	Birgit Friggebo	1991–1993	Liberal People's Party	Carl Bildt
bgcolor=Template:Liberal People's Party (Sweden)/meta/color|	Bengt Westerberg	1993–1994	Liberal People's Party
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Mona Sahlin	1994–1995	Social Democrats	Ingvar Carlsson
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Marita Ulvskog	1995–1996	Social Democrats
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Ulrica Messing	1996–1998	Social Democrats	Göran Persson
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Margareta Winberg	1998–2003	Social Democrats
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Mona Sahlin	2003–2004	Social Democrats
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Jens Orback	2004–2006	Social Democrats
bgcolor=Template:Liberal People's Party (Sweden)/meta/color|	Nyamko Sabuni	2006–2013	Liberal People's Party	Fredrik Reinfeldt
bgcolor=Template:Liberal People's Party (Sweden)/meta/color|	Maria Arnholm	2013–2014	Liberal People's Party
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Åsa Regnér	2014–2018	Social Democrats	Stefan Löfven
bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color|	Lena Hallengren	2018–2019	Social Democrats
bgcolor=Template:Green Party (Sweden)/meta/color|	Åsa Lindhagen	2019–	Green Party

Ministry history

The office of Minister for Gender Equality have been under several different ministries since its founding in 1954.

Ministry	Term
Ministry of the Interior	1954–1973
Ministry of Employment	1973–1976
Ministry of Employment	1978–1986
Ministry of Employment	1989–1991
Ministry of Culture	1991–1993
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs	1993–1994
Prime Minister's Office	1994–1995
Ministry of Civil Affairs	1995–1996
Ministry of Employment	1996–1998
Ministry of Agriculture	1998–2003
Ministry of Justice	2004–2006
Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality	2006–2010
Ministry of Education	2010–2014
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs	2014–2019
Ministry of Employment	2019–

See also

• Minister for Women and Equalities