The Minister for Justice ( sv, justitieminister) is the

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and head of the

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. The current Minister for Justice is

Gunnar Strömmer Gunnar Sören Folke Strömmer (born 19 September 1972) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Justice (Sweden), minister for justice in the Kristersson Cabinet, cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 a ...

of the

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History

The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional

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promulgated in the same year. Until 1876 the office was called Prime Minister for Justice ( sv, justitiestatsminister), similar to the office of

Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs The Minister for Foreign Affairs ( sv, utrikesminister) is the foreign minister of Sweden and the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Tobias Billström of t ...

( sv, utrikesstatsminister). Until 1840, the Prime Minister for Justice also served as a member of the

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. Following the ministry reform in 1840, the Prime Minister for Justice became head of the newly instituted

. In 1876 the office proper of

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was created and at the same time the Minister for Justice was created. Before 1876 the Prime Minister for Justice had in practice been granted exclusively to members of the most prominent

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List of officeholders

Prime Ministers for Justice (1809–1876)

Ministers for Justice (1876–present)

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Anna-Greta Leijon Anna-Greta Leijon (born Anna Margareta Maria Lejon, 30 June 1939) is a Swedish former social democratic politician. She held various ministerial posts one of which was the minister for justice although she does not have any degree in law. Early ...

was the first female appointed as the Minister for Justice (1983). However,

Laila Freivalds Laila Ligita Freivalds (born 22 June 1942) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who served as Minister for Justice from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 2000, as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2006 and as Deputy Prime Minist ...

was the first female with a legal credential to become the Minister for Justice (1988–1991; 1994–2000)--as Leijon had a labor background.

External links

Ministry of Justice
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Minister For Justice (Sweden)

History

List of officeholders

Prime Ministers for Justice (1809–1876)

Ministers for Justice (1876–present)

See also

External links