Minister for Consumer Affairs (Sweden)
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The Minister for Consumer Affairs (Swedish: konsumentminister) is a cabinet minister within the Government of Sweden and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.
| Minister for Consumer Affairs | |
|---|---|
| Sveriges konsumentminister | |
 | |
| Ministry of Finance | |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister |
| Inaugural holder | Bengt K.Å. Johansson |
| Formation | 1985 |
| Website | |
The minister is responsible for issues regarding consumer protection. The position of Minister for Consumer Affairs has usually been held by a minister as a part of a wider ministerial portfolio, and it has sorted under different ministries throughout the years.
List of ministers for consumer affairs
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) |
Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | Bengt K.Å. Johansson (1937–2021) |
17 October 1985 | 4 October 1988 | 2 years, 353 days | Social Democrats | Palme II S | ||
| Carlsson I S | ||||||||
| 2 |  |
Margot Wallström (born 1954) |
4 October 1988 | 4 October 1991 | 3 years, 0 days | Social Democrats | Carlsson I S | |
| Carlsson II S | ||||||||
| 3 | Inger Davidsson (born 1944) |
4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Christian Democrats | Carl Bildt M–FP–C–KD | ||
| 4 |  |
Marita Ulvskog (born 1951) |
7 October 1994 | 22 March 1996 | 1 year, 167 days | Social Democrats | Carlsson III S | |
| 5 | Leif Blomberg (1941–1998) |
22 March 1996 | 2 March 1998 † | 1 year, 345 days | Social Democrats | Persson S | ||
| 6 |  |
Lars Engqvist (born 1945) |
25 March 1998 | 7 October 1998 | 196 days | Social Democrats | ||
| 7 |  |
Britta Lejon (born 1964) |
7 October 1998 | 15 October 2002 | 4 years, 8 days | Social Democrats | ||
| 8 | Ann-Christin Nykvist (born 1948) |
15 October 2002 | 6 October 2006 | 3 years, 356 days | Social Democrats | |||
| 9 |  |
Nyamko Sabuni (born 1969) |
6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | 3 years, 364 days | Liberal People's | Reinfeldt M–C–FP–KD | |
| 10 |  |
Birgitta Ohlsson (born 1975) |
5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | 3 years, 363 days | Liberal People's | ||
| 11 |  |
Per Bolund (born 1971) |
3 October 2014 | 21 January 2019 | 4 years, 110 days | Green | Löfven S–MP | |
| 12 |  |
Ardalan Shekarabi (born 1978) |
21 January 2019 | 1 October 2019 | 253 days | Social Democrats | Löfven II S–MP | |
| 13 |  |
Lena Micko (born 1955) |
1 October 2019 | 30 November 2021 | 2 years, 60 days | Social Democrats | Löfven II S–MP Löfven III S–MP | |
| 14 |  |
Max Elger (born 1973) |
30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | Andersson S | |
| 14 | |
Erik Slottner (born 1980) |
18 October 2022 | 2 years, 128 days | Christian Democrats | Kristersson M–KD–L | ||
Other positions of the ministers and ministry history
References
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