The Minister for Energy, Business and Industry, (), formally

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and head of the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, is a member and minister of the

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and is appointed by the

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. The minister is responsible for policies related to

enterprise Enterprise (or the archaic spelling Enterprize) may refer to: Business and economics Brands and enterprises * Enterprise GP Holdings, an energy holding company * Enterprise plc, a UK civil engineering and maintenance company * Enterpris ...

industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

and

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. The current minister is

Ebba Busch Ebba-Elisabeth Busch (, formerly Busch Thor; born 11 February 1987) is a Swedish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister for Energy (Sweden), Minister for Energy and the Minister for Business and Industry (Sweden), M ...

of the Christians Democrats.

History

Until 1991, the office was named minister of industry (''industriminister''). The office has later been called minister for industry, employment and communications (''näringsminister''), minister for enterprise and innovation (''närings- och innovationsminister''), minister for business, industry and innovation (''näringsminister''), and minister for energy, business and industry (''energi- och näringsminister''). Since 2014, the minister has been especially responsible for business, industry, enterprise and innovation. This includes

small and medium enterprises Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are businesses whose personnel and revenue numbers fall below certain limits. The abbreviation "SME" is used by many national agencies and international organizat ...

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s and industrial policy.

List of ministers

References

{{Government ministries of Sweden Government ministers of Sweden