The Ministry of the Environment (), was a
ministry within the
Government of Sweden
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. It operated between 1987 and 2022.
The ministry was merged into the
Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, forming the
Ministry of Climate and Enterprise on 1 January 2023.
History
The ministry was founded in 1987 as the (). Previously environmental issues had been handled by the
Ministry of Agriculture () and energy issues had been handled by the
Ministry of Industry. In 1990, the short form name of was used, and energy issues transferred back to the Ministry of Industry, although supervision of
nuclear energy
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was retained. In 1991, the ministry was renamed to the ().
From 1 January 2005, during the
cabinet of Göran Persson, the ministry was known as the (). The
cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt — which took office on October 6, 2006 — used the short form name again,
transferred energy issues to the
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, and housing issues were transferred to the
Ministry of Finance
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. 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 ().
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.
See also
*
List of ministers for the environment
References
External links
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