The Minister for Education ( sv, utbildningsminister) is the education minister of Sweden and the head of the Ministry of Education and Research. The current Minister for Education is Mats Persson of the Liberals.

History

As a result of the ministry reform in 1840, the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs ( sv, Ecklesiastikdepartementet) was instituted. The head of the ministry was the Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs, with the responsibility of

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...

, the

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sw ...

research Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

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education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

. In 1968, the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs changed its name to the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs ( sv, Utbildningsdepartmentet), today called the Ministry of Education and Research. The head of the Ministry of Education and Research is the Minister for Education.

List of officeholders

Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (1840—1967)

*1840–1840 Albrecht Elof Ihre (1797–1877) *1840–1842

Samuel Grubbe Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bib ...

(1786–1853) *1842–1844 Christopher Isac Heurlin (1786–1860) *1844–1848 Fredrik Otto Silfverstolpe (1795–1882) *1848–1852 Paulus Genberg (1811–75) *1852–1855 Henrik Reuterdahl (1795–1870) *1855–1859

Lars Anton Anjou Lars Anton Anjou (18 November 1803 – 13 December 1884) was a Swedish bishop, church historian and politician. Biography Anjou studied at Uppsala University, where he became a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1827, a Master of Philosophy in 1830, a Bach ...

(1803–84) *1859–1860 Henning Hamilton (1814–86) *1860–1863 Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–91) *1863–1870 Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson (1811–87) *1870–1875

Gunnar Wennerberg Gunnar Wennerberg (2 October 1817 – 24 August 1901) was a Swedish poet, composer and politician. Biography Wennerberg was the son of the vicar of the town of Lidköping in Västergötland, went to '' gymnasium'' in the cathedral town of Skara ...

(1817–1901) *1875–1878 Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson (1811–87) *1878–1880 Carl Gustaf Malmström (1822–1912) *1880–1888 Carl Hammarskjöld (1838–98) *1888–1891

(1817–1901) *1891–1898

Gustaf Gilljam Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: * Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short car ...

(1832–1908) *1898–1902 Nils Claëson (1848–1910) *1902–1905 Carl von Friesen (1846–1905) *1905–1905 Karl Husberg (1854–1928) *1905–1905

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld (; 4 February 1862 – 12 October 1953) was a Swedish politician, scholar, cabinet minister, Member of Parliament from 1923 to 1938 (first chamber), and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917. In 1890, he m ...

(1862–1953) *1905–1906

Fridtjuv Berg Johan Fridtjuv Berg (20 March 1851 – 29 February 1916) was a Swedish school teacher, author, and politician (liberal); he was Minister of Education from 1905 to 1906 and 1911 to 1914 and Member of Parliament from 1891 to 1916. Berg was the so ...

(1851–1916) *1906–1909

Hugo Hammarskjöld Åke ''Hugo'' Hammarskjöld (20 January 1845 in Tuna, Kalmar county – 3 June 1937 in Tuna), was a Swedish public servant and politician, brother to Carl Hammarskjöld and cousin of Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld and Hjalmar Hammarskjöld. His pa ...

(1845–1937) *1909–1911 Elof Lindström (1863–1924) *1911–1914

(1851–1916) *1914–1917 Karl Gustaf Westman (1876–1944) *1917–1917 Alexis Hammarström (1858–1936) *1917–1919 Värner Rydén (1878–1930),

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*1919–1920 Olof Olsson (1872–1939),

*1920–1921 Bengt J:son Bergqvist (1860–1936), independent *1921–1923 Olof Olsson (1872–1939),

*1923–1924 Sam Clason (1867–1925), Rightist Party *1924–1926 Olof Olsson (1872–1939),

*1926–1928 John Almkvist (1875–1946), Freeminded People's Party *1928–1930 Claes Lindskog (1870–1954), Rightist Party *1930–1932 Sam Stadener (1872–1937), Freeminded People's Party *1932–1936 Arthur Engberg (1888–1944),

*1936–1936

Tor Andræ Tor Julius Efraim Andræ (; 9 July 1885 – 24 February 1947) was a Swedish clergyman, professor and scholar of comparative religion who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Linköping. Biography Andræ was born at Vena parish in Hultsfred ...

(1885–1947), independent *1936–1939 Arthur Engberg (1888–1944),

*1939–1944 Gösta Bagge (1882–1951), Rightist Party *1944–1945 Georg Andrén (1890–1969), Rightist Party *1945–1946

Tage Erlander Tage Fritjof Erlander (; 13 June 1901 – 21 June 1985) was a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and led the government for an uninterrupted tenu ...

(1901–85),

*1946–1951 Josef Weijne (1893–1951),

*1951–1951 Hildur Nygren (1896–1962),

*1951–1957 Ivar Persson (1901–79), Farmers' League *1957–1967

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(1914–98),

*1967–1967 Olof Palme (1927–86),

Minister for Education (1968—present)

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