Minister for Sports (Sweden)

Minister for Sports
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Amanda Lind since 21 January 2019
Ministry of Culture
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	Serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Formation	1988
First holder	Ulf Lönnqvist
Website	[1]

The Minister for Sports (Swedish: sportsminister) is the sports minister of Sweden and responsible for issues regarding sports.

The current Minister for Sports is Annika Strandhäll of the Social Democrats. She concurrently serves as the Minister for Social Affairs.

Spokesperson for the Government's sports policy

In the end of the 1970s, at the appointment of the Ullsten Cabinet. Prime Minister Ola Ullsten appointed Rune Ångström as spokesperson for the Government's sport policy. The position existed between 1978–1979.

No.	Spokesperson (Born–Died)	Tenure			Political party	Cabinet
		Took office	Left office	Duration
style="background: Template:Liberal People's Party (Sweden)/meta/color; color:white;" | 1	Rune Ångström (1923–2007)	18 October 1978	12 October 1979	359 days	Liberal People's	style="background: Template:Liberal People's Party (Sweden)/meta/color;|	Ullsten

List of Ministers for Sports

No.	Portrait	Minister (Born–Died)	Other Positions	Tenure			Political party	Cabinet
				Took office	Left office	Duration
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 1		Ulf Lönnqvist (born 1936)	Minister for Housing	4 October 1988	4 October 1991	3 years, 0 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|	Carlsson I Carlsson II
style="background: Template:Moderate Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 2		Bo Lundgren (born 1947)	Deputy Minister for Finance and Minister for Taxes	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	3 years, 3 days	Moderat	style="background: Template:Moderate Party/meta/color;"|	Carl Bildt
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 3		Marita Ulvskog (born 1951)	Minister for Public Administration Minister for Gender Equality	7 October 1994	22 March 1996	1 year, 167 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|	Carlsson III
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 4		Leif Blomberg (1941–1998)	Deputy Minister for Public Administration Minister for Integration	22 March 1996	2 March 1998 †	1 year, 345 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|	Persson
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 5		Lars Engqvist (born 1945)	Deputy Minister for Public Administration Minister for Integration	16 March 1998	7 October 1998	205 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 6		Ulrica Messing (born 1951)	Deputy Minister for Culture Minister for Integration	7 October 1998	21 October 2000	2 years, 14 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 7		Mona Sahlin (born 1957)	Deputy Minister for Justice Minister for Integration Minister for Democracy Minister for Gender Equality	21 October 2000	21 October 2004	4 years, 0 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 8		Bosse Ringholm (born 1942)	Minister for Finance Deputy Prime Minister	21 October 2004	6 October 2006	1 year, 350 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|
style="background: Template:Moderate Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 9		Cecilia Stegö Chilò (born 1959)	Minister for Culture	6 October 2006	16 October 2006	10 days	Moderate	style="background: Template:Moderate Party/meta/color;"|	Reinfeldt
style="background: Template:Liberal People's Party (Sweden)/meta/color; color:white;" | –		Lars Leijonborg (acting)	Minister for Education Minister for Culture (acting)	16 October 2006	24 October 2006	8 days	Liberal People's	style="background: Template:Moderate Party/meta/color;"|
style="background: Template:Moderate Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 10		Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (born 1955)	Minister for Culture	24 October 2006	3 October 2014	7 years, 344 days	Moderate	style="background: Template:Moderate Party/meta/color;"|
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 11		Gabriel Wikström (born 1985)	Minister for Public Health Minister for Healthcare	3 October 2014	27 July 2017	2 years, 297 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|	Löfven I
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | –		Annika Strandhäll (acting)	Minister for Social Security	5 May 2017	27 July 2017	83 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|
style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 12		Annika Strandhäll (born 1975)	Minister for Social Affairs	27 July 2017	21 January 2019	1 year, 178 days	Social Democrats	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|
style="background: Template:Green Party (Sweden)/meta/color; color:white;" | 13		Amanda Lind (born 1980)	Minister for Culture Minister for Democracy	21 January 2019		5 years, 140 days	Green	style="background: Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color;"|	Löfven II

Ministry history

The office of Minister for Sports has been under several different ministries since its founding in 1988.

Ministry	Term
Ministry of Housing	1988–1991
Ministry of Finance	1991–1994
Ministry of the Interior	1994–1998
Ministry of Culture	1998–2000
Ministry of Justice	2000–2004
Ministry of Finance	2004
The Prime Minister's Office	2004–2006
Ministry of Culture	2006–2014
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs	2014–2019
Ministry of Culture	2019–present