The Minister for Employment () is a member of the Government of Sweden and is the head of the Ministry of Employment.
History The position was introduced in 1974 during Palme I cabinet and abolished in 1998 under the Persson cabinet, when the responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications, where from 1998 to 2002, the deputy minister for industry, employment and communications and from 2002 to 2006, the minister for employment were ministers responsible for the issues. When the Reinfeldt cabinet took office in 2006, the position was reinstated.
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1974–1998 Portrait Minister(Born-Died) Term Political Party Coalition CabinetTook officeLeft officeDurationMinister responsible for labor issues 1998–2006 Portrait Minister(Born-Died) Term Political Party Coalition CabinetTook officeLeft officeDuration2006–present Portrait Minister(Born-Died) Term Political Party Coalition CabinetTook officeLeft officeDuration
Other ministers in the Ministry of Employment In addition to the head of the ministry, the Ministry of Employment has at times also housed additional deputy ministers responsible for various areas such as immigration, gender equality, labor law, youth affairs, etc. These ministerial titles varied, and most often covered only a part of the minister's responsibilities, usually the dominant area of focus. For example, Anna-Greta Leijon served not only as the minister for immigration but also held responsibility for labor law issues and matters concerning disabled individuals in the workplace. Karin Andersson, as the deputy minister of employment, was responsible for gender equality and immigration issues, a combination that has recurred in later times.
In the 2019 government, the minister associated with the Ministry of Employment, in addition to the minister of employment, held the title of minister for gender equality/minister responsible for combating discrimination and segregation.
Before the establishment of the Ministry of Employment, many matters were handled within the Ministry of the Interior, where individuals such as Camilla Odhnoff were responsible for immigration and family affairs, including gender equality.
Name Period PartyTitle Anna-Greta Leijon (1939–2024) 1 January 1974 – 8 October 1976 Social Democratic Party Minister of immigration and minister for gender equality Eva Winther (1921–2014) 18 October 1978 – 12 October 1979 Liberal People's Party Minister of immigration and minister for gender equality Karin Andersson (1918–2012) 12 October 1979 – 8 October 1982 Centre Party Minister of immigration and minister for gender equality Anita Gradin (1933–2022) 8 October 1982 – 9 October 1986 Social Democratic Party Minister of immigration and minister for gender equality Georg Andersson (born 1936) 9 October 1986 – 29 January 1989 Social Democratic Party Minister of immigration Maj-Lis Lööw (born 1936) 29 January 1989 – 7 October 1991 Social Democratic Party Minister of immigration and minister for gender equality Leif Blomberg (1941–1998) 7 October 1994 – 22 March 1996 Social Democratic Party Minister of immigration Ulrica Messing (born 1968) 22 March 1996 – 6 October 1998 Social Democratic Party Minister for labour law and minister for gender equality Erik Ullenhag (born 1972) 5 October 2010 – 3 October 2014 Liberal People's Party Minister for integration Åsa Lindhagen (born 1980) 21 January 2019 – 5 February 2021 Green Partyminister for gender equality Märta Stenevi (born 1976) 5 February – 30 November 2021 Green PartyMinister for gender equality and minister for housing Eva Nordmark (born 1971) 10 September 2019 – 18 October 2022 Social Democratic Party Minister for employment and minister for gender equality Johan Danielsson (born 1982) 30 November 2021 – 18 October 2022 Social Democratic Party Minister for housing and deputy minister for employment Paulina Brandberg (born 1983) 18 October 2022 – 1 April 2025 Liberals Minister for gender equality and deputy minister for employment Nina Larsson (born 1976) 1 April 2025 – Liberals Minister for gender equality
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