The Minister for Foreign Affairs ( sv, utrikesminister) is the foreign minister of Sweden and the head of the

Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is

Tobias Billström Tobias Lennart Billström (born 27 December 1973) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 18 October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since th ...

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 Foreign Affairs ( sv, statsminister för utrikes ärendena, commonly known as ''utrikesstatsminister''), similar to the office of Prime Minister for Justice ( sv, justitiestatsminister). The Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs initially served as head of the Cabinet of Foreign Mail Exchange at the Royal Office. Following the ministry reform in 1840, the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs became head of the newly instituted

. In 1876 the office proper of

Prime Minister of Sweden The prime minister ( sv, statsminister ; literally translating to "Minister of State") is the head of government of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are su ...

was created and at the same time the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs was nominally demoted to a mere Minister. The holder of the office did however continue to be styled as "Your excellency", until 1974 when the new

came into force. Before the parliamentary breakthrough in the early 20th century, that title had been granted exclusively to members of the most prominent noble families.

Office holders

Prime Ministers for Foreign Affairs (1809–1876)

Ministers for Foreign Affairs (1876–present)

Parties Status

Statistics

References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20120506050731/http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2059
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