The Minister for the Budget ( sv, Budgetminister) was a member of the

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. The minister for the budget was the head of the

Ministry of the Budget The Ministry of the Budget ( sv, Budgetdepartementet, B) was a ministry in Sweden established in 1976. The ministry was primarily responsible for budget regulation as well as the general administration and accounting of state funds, the state an ...

from 1976 to 1982 which was primarily responsible for budget regulation as well as the general administration and accounting of state funds, the state and municipal tax system. State land and buildings, alcoholic beverages,

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and information, personnel administrative planning, personnel health care, etc. within the state's area of responsibility, administrative democracy, etc. and training of government employees.

History

The post of minister for the budget was created after the 1976 general election when the Ministry of Finance was split into two; the

and the Ministry of Economics. The Ministry of the Budget would primarily work with taxes.

Ingemar Mundebo Kurt Allan Ingemar Mundebo (15 October 1930 – 7 September 2018) was a Swedish politician who was a member of the Liberal People's Party and former budget and minister of economics. Mundebo was Member of Parliament of Sweden for Stockholm be ...

of the Liberal People's Party became the first minister for the budget in Thorbjörn Fälldin's First Cabinet and he was given the task of handling taxes and salaries, while

Gösta Bohman Bo Gösta Bohman (15 January 1911 – 12 August 1997) was a Swedish politician and the leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1970 to 1981, during a period in which the party strengthened its position in Swedish politi ...

of the

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was appointed minister of economics with handling the long-term economic policy etc. The cabinet resigned on 18 October 1978 following discord in the area involving

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. The cabinet was succeeded by Ola Ullsten's First Cabinet. Ingemar Mundebo became minister for the budget and minister of economics. The cabinet resigned on 12 October 1979 following the 1979 general election to make way for a

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led by Thorbjörn Fälldin. The cabinet was succeeded by Thorbjörn Fälldin's Second Cabinet where Ingemar Mundebo again became minister for the budget. The division of duties between and minister for of budget Ingemar Mundebo and the minister of economics Gösta Bohman was the same as in the previous three-party government. In 1980, Mundebo chose to resign and at the end of June of the same year,

Rolf Wirtén Rolf Wirtén (born 4 May 1931) is a Swedish politician who held various ministerial posts, including the minister of economics and the budget, in the 1970s and 1980s. Biography Wirtén was born on 4 May 1931. He was a member of the Liberals. In ...

was appointed as minister for the budget. The 1982 general election saw the return of the

Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ; S/SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( sv, link=no, Socialdemokraterna ), is a social-d ...

to power after six years in opposition.

Kjell-Olof Feldt Kjell-Olof Feldt (born 18 August 1931) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who was minister of finance between 1983 and 1990. Previously, Feldt was assistant minister of finance from 1975 to 1976 and minister of commerce and industry f ...

was appointed minister for the budget and of economics in Palme's Second Cabinet. The Ministry of Finance was re-established on 1 January 1983 and thus the Ministry of the Budget and the post of minister for the budget where abolished.

List of officeholders

References

{{Government ministries of Sweden Lists of political office-holders in Sweden 1976 establishments in Sweden 1982 disestablishments in Sweden