The Minister for Financial Markets (

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: ''finansmarknadsminister'') is a

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within the

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. The minister is responsible for issues regarding

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. The Minister for Financial Markets is also deputy Minister for Finance. The current Minister for Financial Markets is

Niklas Wykman Niklas Åke Wykman (born 10 March 1981) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Financial Markets in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2014 gene ...

, appointed on 18 October 2022.

List of Ministers for Financial Markets

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