The Minister of Economics ( sv, Ekonomiminister) was a member of the

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. The minister of economics was the head of the Ministry of Economics from 1976 to 1982 which dealt with long-term guidelines for economic policy, the principle orientation of financial and credit policy, international economic cooperation, statistics, questions regarding banking and insurance, the stock exchange and the monetary system.

History

The post of minister of economics was created after the 1976 general election when the

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was split into two; The Ministry of Economics and 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 ...

. The Ministry of Economics would primarily work with general guidelines for economic policy and the principled direction of fiscal and credit policy measures.

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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became the first minister of economics in Thorbjörn Fälldin's First Cabinet and he was given the task of handling the long-term economic policy, while

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 was appointed minister for the budget with handling taxes and salaries 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.

became minister of economics and minister for the budget. 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 Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin (24 April 1926 – 23 July 2016) was a Swedish politician. He was Prime Minister of Sweden in three non-consecutive cabinets from 1976 to 1982, and leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1971 to 1985. On his ...

. The cabinet was succeeded by Thorbjörn Fälldin's Second Cabinet where Gösta Bohman again became minister of economics. The division of duties between minister of economics Gösta Bohman and minister for the budget Ingemar Mundebo was the same as in the previous three-party government. Bohman resigned in May 1981 and was succeeded by the liberal Rolf Wirtén as minister of economics and for the budget in Thorbjörn Fälldin's Third Cabinet. 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 of economics and for the budget in Palme's Second Cabinet. The Ministry of Finance was re-established on 1 January 1983 and thus the Ministry of Economics and the post of minister of economics were abolished.

List of officeholders

References

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