Ministry of the Environment (Sweden)

The Ministry of the Environment (Swedish: Miljödepartementet), was a ministry within the Government of Sweden. It operated between 1987 and 2022.^[2]

Ministry of the Environment

Miljödepartementet
Agency overview
Formed	1987 (1987)[1]
Dissolved	2022
Superseding agency	Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

The ministry was merged into the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, forming the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise on 1 January 2023.^[3]

History

The ministry was founded in 1987 as the Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Swedish: Miljö- och energidepartementet). Previously environmental issues had been handled by the Ministry of Agriculture (Swedish: Jordbruksdepartementet) and energy issues had been handled by the Ministry of Industry. In 1990, the short form name of Ministry of the Environment was used, and energy issues transferred back to the Ministry of Industry, although supervision of nuclear energy was retained. In 1991, the ministry was renamed to the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Swedish: Miljö- och naturresursdepartementet).

From 1 January 2005,^[4] during the cabinet of Göran Persson, the ministry was known as the Ministry of Sustainable Development (Swedish: Miljö- och samhällsbyggnadsdepartementet).^[5] The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt — which took office on October 6, 2006 — used the short form name again,^[6] transferred energy issues to the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, and housing issues were transferred to the Ministry of Finance. In 2014, the ministry reverted to its original name under the cabinet of Stefan Löfven. Under the second cabinet of Stefan Löfven the ministry changed name to Ministry of the Environment (Swedish: Miljödepartementet).

Following the election of the Government of Ulf Kristersson in October 2022, the ministry were merged into the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, which then changed name to the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise.^[2]

See also

• List of ministers for the environment

References

1. "Miljödepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2010.(subscription required)
2. "Nya regeringen lägger ner miljödepartementet". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
3. "Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure". Regeringen och Regeringskansliet. 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
4. Offerman, Catrin (12 January 2005). "Miljödepartementet nedlagt" [Ministry of the Environment abolished]. miljo-utveckling.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
5. Sahlin, Mona (20 April 2005). "Sweden (Part 2) | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 2023-05-19. [...] a Ministry of Sustainable Development was formed earlier this year. The tasks of the previous Ministry of the Environment have been merged with new areas of responsibility such as energy, emissions trading, construction, planning and housing.
6. "Regeringsförklaringen minut för minut". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2006-10-06. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

External links

• Official website

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