The Minister for Defence of
Sweden
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( sv, försvarsminister; formal title: sv, statsråd och chef för försvarsdepartementet) is a member of the
Government of Sweden ( sv, Regeringen). The Minister heads the
Ministry for Defence and is appointed and dismissed at the sole discretion of the
prime minister of Sweden
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.
Although the Minister for Defence heads the Ministry of Defence, the Minister cannot as a general rule issue directives in his/her own right to the
Supreme Commander or any other agency director-general in the defence portfolio due to the
Swedish prohibition on ministerial rule, unless such authority is provided for in specific statutory provisions.
Between 1840 and 1920, what corresponds to the Ministry for Defence today, was divided in two separate ministries with their own minister: one for
Army affairs, the
Ministry of Land Defence, and one for
Naval affairs, the
Ministry for Naval Affairs.
The current Minister for Defence is
Pål Jonson, who was appointed on 18 October 2022.
List of Swedish Ministers for Defence
Ministers for War (1840-1920)
*1840 - 1840
Bror Cederström
Gustaf Albrecht Bror Cederström (21 September 1780 – 21 December 1877) was a Swedish baron and lieutenant general and Minister of War.
Biography
Cederström was born at Fornsigtuna, Sweden and was the only child of lieutenant general and lat ...
(1780–1877)
*1840 - 1843
Axel Otto Mörner (1774–1852)
*1843 - 1844
Arfved Lovisin (1772–1847)
*1844 - 1848
Gustaf Peyron (1783–1852)
*1848 - 1853
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(1787–1866)
*1853 - 1858
Nils Gyldenstolpe (1799–1864)
*1858 - 1862
Magnus Björnstjerna (1805–98)
*1862 - 1867
Alexander Reuterskiöld (1804–91)
*1867 - 1871
Gustaf Abelin
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(1819–1903)
*1871 - 1877
Oscar Weidenhielm
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(1816–84)
*1877 - 1880
Henrik Rosensvärd
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(1816–90)
*1880 - 1882
Otto Taube
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(1832–1906)
*1882 - 1887
Axel Ryding
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(1831–97)
*1887 - 1888
Gustaf Oscar Peyron
Gustaf Oscar Peyron (5 January 1828 – 2 March 1915) was a Swedish military officer and politician. He was born in Nyköping
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(1828–1915)
*1888 - 1892
Hjalmar Palmstierna
Hjalmar () and Ingeborg () were a legendary Swedish duo. The male protagonist Hjalmar and his duel for Ingeborg figures in the '' Hervarar saga'' and in '' Orvar-Odd's saga'', as well as in '' Gesta Danorum'', ''Lay of Hyndla'' and a number of Fa ...
(1836–1909)
*1892 - 1899
Axel Rappe
''Friherre'' General Axel Emil Rappe (2October 1838 – 18December 1918) was a Swedish Army officer and Minister of War from 1892 and 1899.
Early life
Rappe was born on 2 October 1838 in Christinelund manor in Arby, Kalmar County, the ...
(1838–1918)
*1899 - 1903
Jesper Crusebjörn
Jesper Ingevald Crusebjörn (24 July 1843 – 24 June 1904) was a Swedish politician and officer of the Swedish Army, eventually attaining the rank of lieutenant general.
Life
He was the son of Frans Crusebjörn and Lovisa Fougt. He became ...
(1843–1904)
*1903 - 1905
Otto Virgin
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(1852–1922)
*1905 - 1907
Lars Tingsten
General Lars Herman Tingsten (13 July 1857 – 10 September 1937) was a Swedish Army officer. He was Minister for War from 1905 to 1907 and Chief of the General Staff from 1919 to 1922.
Early life
Tingsten was born on 13 July 1857 in Ingatorp, ...
(1857–1937), nonpolitical
*1907 - 1907
Arvid Lindman (1862–1936),
Rightist Party
*1907 - 1911
Olof Malm (1851–1939),
Rightist Party
*1911 - 1914
David Bergström (1858–1946),
Liberal
*1914 - 1914
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld (; 4 February 1862 – 12 October 1953) was a Swedish politician, scholar, cabinet minister, Member of Parliament from 1923 to 1938 ( first chamber), and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.
In 1890, he m ...
(1862–1953), nonpolitical
*1914 - 1917
Emil Mörcke (1861–1951), nonpolitical
*1917 - 1917
Joachim Åkerman (1868–1958),
Rightist Party
*1917 - 1920
Erik Nilson (1862–1925),
Liberal
*1920 - 1920
Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946),
Social Democratic Party
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Ministers for Naval Affairs (1840-1920)
*1840 - 1844
Johan Lagerbjelke (1778–1856)
*1844 - 1848
Carl August Gyllengranat (1787–1864)
*1848 - 1849
Johan Fredrik Ehrenstam (1800–49)
*1849 - 1852
Baltzar von Platen (1804–75)
*1852 - 1857
Carl Ulner (1796–1859)
*1857 - 1862
Carl Magnus Ehnemark (1803–74)
*1862 - 1868
Baltzar von Platen (1804–75)
*1868 - 1870
Magnus Thulstrup (1805–81)
*1870 - 1874
Abraham Leijonhufvud
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(1823–1911)
*1874 - 1880
Fredrik von Otter (1833–1910)
*1880 - 1892
Carl-Gustaf von Otter (1827–1900)
*1892 - 1898
Jarl Christersson (1833–1922)
*1898 - 1901
Gerhard Dyrssen (1854–1938)
*1901 - 1905
Louis Palander (1842–1920)
*1905 - 1905
Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)
*1905 - 1906
Ludvig Sidner (1851–1917),
Liberal
*1906 - 1907
Wilhelm Dyrssen (1858–1929),
Rightist Party
*1907 - 1910
Carl-August Ehrensvärd (1858–1933),
Rightist Party
*1910 - 1911
Henning von Krusenstierna (1862–1933),
Rightist Party
*1911 - 1914
Jacob Larsson (1851–1940),
Liberal
*1914 - 1917
Dan Boström (1870–1925), nonpolitical
*1917 - 1917
Hans Ericson (1868–1945),
Rightist Party
*1917 - 1920
Erik Palmstierna (1877–1959),
Social Democratic Party
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*1920 - 1920
Bernhard Eriksson
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(1878–1952),
Social Democratic Party
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Ministers for Defence (1920-)
Parties
Status
See also
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Defence minister
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Lord High Admiral of Sweden (historical antecedent)
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Lord High Constable of Sweden (historical antecedent)
External links
www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2060
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