The Minister of Commerce and Industry ( sv, Handelsminister) of

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, officially Cabinet Minister and Head of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry ( sv, statsråd och chef för handelsdepartementet), was a member of the

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and was the head of the

Ministry of Commerce and Industry A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and M ...

from 1920 to 1982. The trade policy issues have been handled by a

minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet w ...

since 1983 under different titles: Minister of Foreign Trade ( sv, Utrikeshandelsminister) (1983–1996, 2019–present), Minister of Commerce and Industry ( sv, Handelsminister) (1996–2002, 2006–2014, 2016–2019) and Minister for Enterprise ( sv, Näringsminister) (2002–2006, 2014–2016).

History

Between 1 July 1920 to 31 December 1982, there was a separate

which was headed by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Gunnar Lange ( s) held the office for the longest time; 14 years and 32 days. The trade policy issues were dealt with between 1983 and 1996 by the Minister of Foreign Trade (''Utrikeshandelsminister''), who was a

at the

Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateralism, bilateral, and multilateralism, multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citi ...

. From 1996 to 2002 the title was again Minister of Commerce and Industry, and from 2002 the issues were dealt with by the Minister for Enterprise. In 2006, trade issues were moved from the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation back to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs by the

Reinfeldt Cabinet The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt ( sv, Regeringen Reinfeldt) was the cabinet of Sweden from 2006 to 2014. It was a coalition cabinet consisting of the four parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden: the Moderate Party, Centre Party, Lib ...

. In 2014, the post of Minister of Commerce and Industry was abolished and trade matters were transferred to the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation by the

Löfven I Cabinet The first cabinet of Stefan Löfven ( sv, Regeringen Löfven I) was the cabinet of Sweden between 2014 and 2018. It was a coalition government, consisting of two parties: the Social Democrats and the Green Party. The cabinet was installed on 3 O ...

. In connection with the government reshuffle on 25 May 2016, the post was re-established and is sorted under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The post has been combined with other ministerial posts since 2016: Minister for EU Affairs (2016–2019), Minister for Nordic Cooperation (2019–2022) and Minister for International Development Cooperation (2022–present).

List of officeholders

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Ministers responsible for trade

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