The Minister of Health and Social Affairs or Social minister (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: ''Socialminister'') is the chief of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in the

government of Sweden The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden ( sv, Konungariket Sveriges regering) is the national cabinet of Sweden, and the country's executive authority. The Government consists of the Prime Ministerappointed and dismissed by the Speaker of the ...

. All Ministers for Health and Social Affairs have been Head of the Ministry, except in 2014–2017 when the Minister for Social Security,

Annika Strandhäll Annika Strandhäll (born 30 April 1975) is a Swedish trade unionist and politician of the Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. ...

, was appointed to be the head of the ministry, as the office of Minister for Health and Social Affairs was temporarily abolished in the

Löfven I Cabinet The first cabinet of Stefan Löfven ( sv, Regeringen Löfven I) was the cabinet of Sweden between 2014 and 2018. It was a coalition government, consisting of two parties: the Social Democrats and the Green Party. The cabinet was installed on 3 O ...

. In 2017, Strandhäll got promoted to the office of Minister for Health and Social Affairs.

List of Head of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

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