List of Prime Ministers of Sweden

Current Prime Minister Stefan Löfven was appointed on 3 October 2014

The Prime Minister (Swedish: statsminister, literally "Minister of the State") is the head of government in 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 Stefan Löfven, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic 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 6 to 11 October 1946.

List of Prime Ministers

Swedish Cabinet Holding Parties - Color key:

Independent/unaffiliated   Lantmanna Party   Protectionist Majority Party   National Party   Liberal Coalition Party   Social Democratic Party   Freeminded People's Party   Liberal Party   Centre Party   Liberal People's Party   Moderate Party   Christian Democrats

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

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

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

Name (Birth–Death)		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	203 days	Liberal Coalition Party	1905	Staaff I LS	Oscar II (1872–1907)
	Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)		29 May 1906	7 October 1911	5 years, 133 days	General Electoral League	1908	Lindman I AvF
	Karl Staaff (1860–1915)		7 October 1911	17 February 1914	2 years, 133 days	Liberal Coalition Party	1911	Staaff II LS	Gustaf V (1907–1950)
	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)		17 February 1914	30 March 1917	3 years, 41 days	Independent	March 1914 September 1914	Hammarskjöld
	Carl Swartz (1858–1926)		30 March 1917	19 October 1917	203 days	National Party	1908	Swartz N
	Nils Edén (1871–1945)		19 October 1917	10 March 1920	2 years, 143 days	Liberal Coalition Party	1917	Edén LS-S
	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)		10 March 1920	27 October 1920	231 days	Social Democrats	—	Branting I S
	Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854–1935)		27 October 1920	23 February 1921	119 days	Independent	1920	G.L. De Geer
	Oscar von Sydow (1873–1936)		23 February 1921	13 October 1921	232 days	Independent	—	von Sydow
	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)		13 October 1921	19 April 1923	1 year, 192 days	Social Democrats	1921	Branting II S
	Ernst Trygger (1857–1943)		19 April 1923	18 October 1924	1 year, 182 days	National Party	—	Trygger N
	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)		18 October 1924	24 January 1925	98 days	Social Democrats	1924	Branting III S
	Rickard Sandler (1884–1964)		24 January 1925	7 June 1926	1 year, 134 days	Social Democrats	—	Sandler S
	Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)		7 June 1926	2 October 1928	2 years, 117 days	Freeminded People's Party	—	Ekman I FF-L
	Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)		2 October 1928	7 June 1930	1 year, 248 days	General Electoral League	1928	Lindman II AvF
	Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)		7 June 1930	6 August 1932	2 years, 60 days	Freeminded People's Party	—	Ekman II FF
	Felix Hamrin (1875–1937)		6 August 1932	24 September 1932	49 days	Freeminded People's Party	—	Hamrin FF
	Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)		24 September 1932	19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days	Social Democrats	1932	Hansson I S
	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954)		19 June 1936	28 September 1936	101 days	Farmers' League	—	Pehrsson-Bramstorp Bf
	Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)		28 September 1936	13 December 1939	10 years, 8 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	23 years, 3 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	6 years, 360 days	Social Democrats	1970 1973	Palme I S
	Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016)		8 October 1976	18 October 1978	2 years, 10 days	Centre Party	1976	Fälldin I C–M–FP	Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
	Ola Ullsten (1931–)		18 October 1978	12 October 1979	362 days	People's Party	—	Ullsten FP
	Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016)		12 October 1979	22 May 1981	2 years, 361 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[1]	3 years, 143 days	Social Democrats	1982 1985	Palme II S
	Ingvar Carlsson (1934–)		1 March 1986[2]	27 February 1990	5 years, 217 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	3 years, 3 days	Moderate Party	1991	C. Bildt M–C–FP–KD
	Ingvar Carlsson (1934–)		7 October 1994	22 March 1996	1 year, 167 days	Social Democrats	1994	Carlsson III S
	Göran Persson (1949–)		22 March 1996	6 October 2006	10 years, 198 days	Social Democrats	1998 2002	Persson S
	Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965–)		6 October 2006	3 October 2014	7 years, 362 days	Moderate Party (Alliance for Sweden)	2006 2010	Reinfeldt M–C–FP–KD
	Stefan Löfven (1957–)		3 October 2014	Incumbent	2 years, 48 days	Social Democrats	2014	Löfven S–MP

Statistics (including Swedish Prime Ministers during the Swedish-Norwegian union)

#	Prime Minister	Spells	Date of birth	Age at ascension (first term)	Time in office (total)	Age at retirement (last term)	Date of death	Longevity
1	Louis De Geer, Sr.	1	18 July 1818	57 years, 246 days	4 years,  30 days	61 years, 276 days	24 September 1896	78 years,  68 days
2	Arvid Posse	1	15 February 1820	60 years,  64 days	3 years,  58 days	63 years, 121 days	24 April 1901	81 years,  68 days
3	Carl Johan Thyselius	1	8 June 1811	72 years,   5 days	37 days	72 years, 342 days	11 January 1891	79 years, 217 days
4	Robert Themptander	1	14 February 1844	40 years,  92 days	3 years, 266 days	43 years, 357 days	30 January 1897	52 years,  47 days
5	Gillis Bildt	1	16 October 1820	67 years, 113 days	1 year, 248 days	68 years, 361 days	22 October 1894	74 years,   6 days
6	Gustaf Åkerhielm	1	24 July 1833	56 years,  80 days	1 year, 271 days	57 years, 351 days	2 April 1900	66 years, 252 days
7	Erik Gustaf Boström	2	11 February 1842	49 years, 149 days	11 years, 346 days	63 years,  61 days	21 February 1907	65 years,  10 days
8	Fredrik von Otter	1	11 April 1833	67 years, 154 days	1 year , 296 days	69 years,  85 days	9 March 1910	76 years, 332 days
9	Johan Ramstedt	1	7 November 1852	52 years, 157 days	111 days	52 years, 268 days	15 March 1935	82 years, 128 days
10	Christian Lundeberg	1	14 July 1842	63 years, 19 days	97 days	63 years, 116 days	10 November 1911	69 years, 119 days
11	Karl Staaff	2	21 January 1860	45 years, 290 days	2 years, 336 days	54 years,  27 days	4 October 1915	55 years, 256 days
12	Arvid Lindman	2	19 September 1862	43 years, 252 days	7 years,  14 days	49 years,  18 days	9 December 1936	74 years,  81 days
13	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld	1	4 February 1862	52 years,  13 days	3 years,  41 days	55 years,  54 days	12 October 1953	91 years, 250 days
14	Carl Swartz	1	5 June 1858	58 years, 298 days	203 days	59 years, 136 days	6 November 1926	68 years, 154 days
15	Nils Edén	1	25 August 1871	46 years,  55 days	2 years, 143 days	48 years, 198 days	16 June 1945	73 years, 295 days
16	Hjalmar Branting	3	23 November 1860	59 years, 108 days	2 years, 152 days	64 years,  62 days	24 February 1925	64 years,  93 days
17	Louis De Geer, Jr.	1	27 November 1854	65 years, 335 days	119 days	66 years,  88 days	25 February 1935	80 years,  90 days
18	Oscar von Sydow	1	12 July 1873	47 years, 226 days	232 days	48 years,  93 days	19 August 1936	63 years,  38 days
19	Ernst Trygger	1	27 October 1857	65 years, 174 days	1 year, 182 days	66 years, 357 days	23 September 1943	85 years, 331 days
20	Rickard Sandler	1	29 January 1884	40 years, 361 days	1 year, 134 days	42 years, 129 days	12 November 1964	80 years, 288 days
21	Carl Gustaf Ekman	2	6 October 1872	53 years, 244 days	4 years, 177 days	59 years, 305 days	15 June 1945	72 years, 252 days
22	Felix Hamrin	1	14 January 1875	57 years, 205 days	49 days	57 years, 254 days	27 November 1937	62 years, 317 days
23	Per Albin Hansson	2	28 October 1885	46 years, 332 days	12 years, 277 days	60 years, 343 days	6 October 1946	60 years, 343 days
24	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp	1	19 August 1883	52 years, 305 days	101 days	53 years,  40 days	19 February 1954	70 years, 184 days
25	Tage Erlander	1	13 June 1901	45 years, 120 days	23 years,  3 days	68 years, 123 days	21 June 1985	84 years,   8 days
26	Olof Palme	2	30 January 1927	42 years, 257 days	10 years, 139 days	59 years,  30 days	28 February 1986	59 years,  29 days
27	Thorbjörn Fälldin	2	24 April 1926	50 years, 167 days	5 years,  10 days	56 years, 167 days	23 July 2016	90 years,  90 days
28	Ola Ullsten	1	23 June 1931	47 years, 117 days	359 days	48 years, 111 days	Living	85 years, 150 days
29	Ingvar Carlsson	2	9 November 1934	51 years, 112 days	7 years,  19 days	61 years, 134 days	Living	82 years,  11 days
30	Carl Bildt	1	15 July 1949	42 years,  91 days	3 years,   3 days	45 years,  94 days	Living	67 years, 128 days
31	Göran Persson	1	20 January 1949	47 years,  62 days	10 years, 198 days	57 years, 259 days	Living	67 years, 305 days
32	Fredrik Reinfeldt	1	4 August 1965	41 years,  63 days	7 years, 362 days	49 years,  60 days	Living	51 years, 108 days
33	Stefan Löfven	first	21 July 1957	57 years,  73 days	2 years,  48 days	Incumbent	Living	59 years, 122 days

Records

• The earliest born prime minister was the third one to enter office, Carl Johan Thyselius, born on 8 June 1811. The latest born is Fredrik Reinfeldt, born on 4 August 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 11 January 1891. The latest one to die was Thorbjörn Fälldin, who died on 23 July 2016.
• The oldest prime minister has been Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, who died at an age of 91 years, 250 days. Of those still living, Ola Ullsten is the oldest, at an age of 85 years, 150 days. He made it into the "top 5 list" by surpassing Johan Ramstedt on 30 October 2013. He would have to live until 1 March 2023 to surpass Hjalmar Hammarskjöld and become the oldest Swedish prime minister ever (living until 28 February 2023, 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 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 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 (7 October 1911) and the beginning of his second term (2 October 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 (19 June 1936) and the beginning of his second (28 September 1936).
• Most spells, three, is held by Hjalmar Branting , while Erik Gustaf Boström, Karl Staaf, Arvid Lindman, Per-Albin Hansson, Olof Palme, Thorbjörn Fälldin and Ingvar Carlsson all has been in office twice, with atleast one other Prime Minister in office between the spells.
• From statistical point of view, is perhaps the period 1969 to 1986 most intresting - as Palme was replaced by Fälldin (1976), who was replaced by Ullsten (1978), who was replaced by Fälldin again (1979)- and he was eventually replaced by Palme again (1982).
• 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 1 March 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 24 September 1932 (the ascension of Per Albin Hansson) to 25 February 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

Notes

1. Assassinated in office.
2. After the assassination of Olof Palme, Carlsson was acting prime minister from 1 to 12 March 1986.