The Minister for Integration (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: ''Integrationsminister'') is a

cabinet minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ' prime minister', ' p ...

within the

Swedish Government The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden () is the national cabinet of Sweden, and the country's executive authority. The Government consists of the Prime Minister and their cabinet ministers (). The Government is responsible for its actions ...

since 2021, having previously been so between 1996 and 2014. The

was appointed by the

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 ...

. The minister was responsible for issues regarding

integration Integration may refer to: Biology *Multisensory integration *Path integration * Pre-integration complex, viral genetic material used to insert a viral genome into a host genome *DNA integration, by means of site-specific recombinase technology, ...

discrimination Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sex ...

, human rights at the national level,

Swedish citizenship Swedish nationality law determines entitlement to Swedish citizenship. Citizenship of Sweden is based primarily on the principle of ''jus sanguinis''. In other words, citizenship is conferred primarily by birth to a Swedish parent, irrespectiv ...

and

minorities The term "minority group" has different meanings, depending on the context. According to common usage, it can be defined simply as a group in society with the least number of individuals, or less than half of a population. Usually a minority g ...

. The last Minister for Integration was

Erik Ullenhag Erik Jörgen Carl Ullenhag (born 20 July 1972, in Uppsala) is a Swedish politician and diplomat who is currently serving as Consul General of Sweden to New York City since 2024. Ullenhag served as Minister for Integration from 2010 to 2014 a ...

, who served from 2010 to 2014. When the Andersson Cabinet took office in November 2021, the minister post was re-established. It was placed at the

Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

, and combined with Minister of Migration. Since October 2022, the position is placed at the Ministry for Employment and the current minister is Mats Persson of the Liberals.

List of ministers for integration

Ministry history

The office of Minister for Integration was under several different

ministries Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

from its founding in 1996 to its abolishment in 2014. The offie was re-established in 2021. Government ministers of Sweden {{Sweden-poli-stub