History of Government Offices of Sweden

This is a list of previous holders of government offices in Sweden.

Göran Persson's government (1996–2006)

Reorganization effective from October 10, 2003 to November 1, 2004

Office	Ministers
Prime Minister's Office	Göran Persson, Prime Minister Pär Nuder, Minister for Policy Coordination
Ministry of Justice	Thomas Bodström, Head of Office and Minister for Justice Mona Sahlin, Minister for Democracy, Integration and Equality Issues
Ministry for Foreign Affairs	Laila Freivalds, Head of Office and Minister for Foreign Affairs Barbro Holmberg, Minister for Migration Carin Jämtin, Minister for Development Cooperation
Ministry of Defence	Leni Björklund, Head of Office and Minister for Defence
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs	Lars Engqvist, Head of Office and Minister for Health and Social Affairs Berit Andnor, Minister for Children and Families Morgan Johansson, Minister for Public Health and Social Services
Ministry of Finance	Bosse Ringholm, Head of Office and Minister of Finance Gunnar Lund, Minister for International Economic Affairs and Financial Markets Lars-Erik Lövdén, Minister for Local Government and Housing
Ministry of Education and Science	Thomas Östros, Head of Office and Minister for Education and Science Lena Hallengren, Minister for Pre-School Education, Youth Affairs and Adult Learning
Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries	Ann-Christin Nykvist, Head of Office and Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Ministry of Culture	Marita Ulvskog, Head of Office and Minister for Culture
Ministry of the Environment	Lena Sommestad, Head of Office and Minister for the Environment
Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications	Leif Pagrotsky, Head of Office and Minister for Industry and Trade Ulrica Messing, Minister for Communications and Regional Policy Hans Karlsson, Minister for Employment
Office for Administrative Affairs	None (staffed and led by civil servants)

Reorganization effective from November 1, 2004 to October 6, 2006

Office	Ministers
Prime Minister's Office	Göran Persson, Prime Minister Bosse Ringholm, Deputy Prime Minister
Ministry of Justice	Thomas Bodström, Head of Office and Minister for Justice Jens Orback, Minister for Democracy, Metropolitan Affairs, Integration and Gender Equality
Ministry for Foreign Affairs	Laila Freivalds, Minister of Foreign Affairs (until March 21, 2006) Jan Eliasson, Minister of Foreign Affairs (from March 26, 2006) Carin Jämtin, deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for International Development Cooperation Barbro Holmberg, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy
Ministry of Defense	Leni Björklund, Head of Office and Minister for Defence
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs	Berit Andnor, Head of Office and Minister for Social Affairs Ylva Johansson, Minister for Health and Elderly Care Morgan Johansson, Minister for Public Health and Social Services
Ministry of Finance	Pär Nuder, Head of Office and Minister for Finance Sven-Erik Österberg, Minister for Local Government and Financial Markets
Ministry of Education, Research and Culture	Leif Pagrotsky, Head of Office and Minister for Education, Research and Culture Ibrahim Baylan, Minister for Schools Lena Hallengren, Minister for Pre-School Education, Youth Affairs and Adult Learning
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs	Ann-Christin Nykvist, Head of Office and Minister for Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs
Ministry of Sustainable Development	Mona Sahlin, Head of Office and Minister for Sustainable Development Lena Sommestad, Minister for the Environment
Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications	Thomas Östros, Head of Office and Minister for Industry and Trade Ulrica Messing, Minister for Communications and Regional Policy Hans Karlsson, Minister for Employment
Office for Administrative Affairs	None (staffed and led by civil servants)