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The Minister for Foreign Affairs () is the
foreign minister In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...
of
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
and the head of the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral rela ...
. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Maria Malmer Stenergard of the
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.


History

The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional
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promulgated in the same year. Until 1876 the office was called Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs (, commonly known as ''utrikesstatsminister''), similar to the office of Prime Minister for Justice (). The Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs initially served as head of the Cabinet of Foreign Mail Exchange at the
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. Following the ministry reform in 1840, the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs became head of the newly instituted
Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral rela ...
. In 1876 the office proper of
Prime Minister of Sweden The prime minister of Sweden (, "minister of state") is the head of government of the Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subject to th ...
was created and at the same time the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs was nominally demoted to a mere Minister. The holder of the office did however continue to be styled as "Your excellency", until 1974 when the new
Instrument of Government The Instrument of Government was the first constitution of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and was also the first codified and written constitution in England. It was drafted by Major-General John Lambert in 1653. Anteced ...
came into force. Before the parliamentary breakthrough in the early 20th century, that title had been granted exclusively to members of the most prominent
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.


Office holders


Prime Ministers for Foreign Affairs (1809–1876)


Ministers for Foreign Affairs (1876–present)

Parties Status


Timeline


Statistics


See also

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State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) The State Secretary for Foreign Affairs () is the highest position below the rank of cabinet minister at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. , Dag Hartelius is state secretary for foreign affairs. History For historical reasons, this pos ...


References


External links


https://web.archive.org/web/20120506050731/http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2059
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