Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden)

Minister for Infrastructure Infratrukturminister

Incumbent Anna Johansson since 3 October 2014
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Carl Svensson
Formation	1920
Website	www.sweden.gov.se

The Minister for Infrastructure (Swedish: Infrastrukturministern) is a cabinet minister within the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.

The office was formed in 1920 as Minister for Communications. The office was renamed to Minister for Infrastructure in 2000.

The minister is responsible for issues regarding railways, subways, roads, bridges, ferries, shipping, sea lanes, ports, aviation, transportation, communication and communication research. The current Minister for Infrastructure is Anna Johansson, appointed on 3 October 2014.

List of Ministers

Portrait	Minister for Communications (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet

Portrait	Minister for Communications (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
1	Carl Svensson (1879–1938)	1 July 1920	27 October 1920	7007101952000000000♠118 days	Social Democratic	S	Branting I
2	Walter Murray (1871–1957)	27 October 1920	13 October 1921	7007303264000000000♠351 days	Independent	Caretaker	De Geer d.y. von Sydow
3	Anders Örne (1881–1956)	13 October 1921	19 April 1923	7007478008000000000♠1 year, 188 days	Social Democratic	S	Branting II
4	Sven Lübeck (1877–1941)	19 April 1923	18 October 1924	7007472824000000000♠1 year, 182 days	Electoral League	N	Trygger
5	Viktor Larsson (1869–1950)	18 October 1924	7 June 1926	7007516024000000000♠1 year, 232 days	Social Democratic	S	Branting III Sandler
6	Carl Meurling (1876–1963)	7 June 1926	2 October 1928	7007732240000000000♠2 years, 117 days	Independent	LS–L	Ekman I
7	Theodor Borell (1869–1944)	2 October 1928	7 June 1930	7007529848000000000♠1 year, 248 days	Electoral League	AvF	Lindman II
8	Ola Jeppsson (1887–1941)	7 June 1930	24 September 1932	7007725328000000000♠2 years, 109 days	Free-minded People's	LS	Ekman II Hamrin
9	Henning Leo (1885–1953)	24 September 1932	19 June 1936	7008117914400000000♠3 years, 269 days	Social Democratic	S	Hansson I
10	Arthur Heiding (1883–1973)	19 June 1936	28 September 1936	7006872640000000000♠101 days	Farmers' League	BF	Pehrsson-Bramstorp
11	Albert Forslund (1881–1954)	28 September 1936	16 December 1938	7007699408000000000♠2 years, 79 days	Social Democratic	S–BF	Hansson II
12	Gerhard Strindlund (1890–1957)	16 December 1938	13 December 1939	7007312768000000000♠362 days	Farmers' League	S–BF	Hansson II
13	Gustaf Andersson (1884–1961)	13 December 1939	30 September 1944	7008151459200000000♠4 years, 292 days	Liberal People's	S–BF–H–FP	Hansson III
14	Fritiof Domö (1889–1961)	30 September 1944	31 July 1945	7007262656000000000♠304 days	National Organization	S–BF–H–FP	Hansson III
15	Torsten Nilsson (1905–1997)	31 July 1945	1 October 1951	7008194702400000000♠6 years, 62 days	Social Democratic	S	Hansson IV Erlander I
16	Sven Andersson (1910–1987)	1 October 1951	22 March 1957	7008172648800000000♠5 years, 172 days	Social Democratic	S–BF	Erlander II
17	Sture Henriksson (1917–1957)	22 March 1957	22 April 1957 †	7006267840000000000♠31 days	Social Democratic	S–BF	Erlander II
18	Gösta Skoglund (1903–1988)	26 April 1957	25 November 1965	7008271209600000000♠8 years, 217 days	Social Democratic	S–BF (BF left in October 1957)	Erlander II Erlander III
19	Olof Palme (1927–1986)	25 November 1965	28 September 1967	7007580824000000000♠1 year, 307 days	Social Democratic	S	Erlander III
20	Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991)	29 September 1967	30 June 1969	7007553176000000000♠1 year, 275 days	Social Democratic	S	Erlander III
21	Bengt Norling (1925–2000)	1 July 1969	8 October 1976	7008229543200000000♠7 years, 100 days	Social Democratic	S	Erlander III Palme I
22	Bo Turesson (1914–1997)	8 October 1976	18 October 1978	7007639792000000000♠2 years, 10 days	Moderate	C–M–FP	Fälldin I
23	Anitha Bondestam (born 1941)	18 October 1978	12 October 1979	7007310176000000000♠359 days	Liberal People's	FP	Ullsten
24	Ulf Adelsohn (born 1941)	12 October 1979	5 May 1981	7007492696000000000♠1 year, 205 days	Moderate	C–M–FP	Fälldin II
–	Olof Johansson (Acting) (born 1937)	5 May 1981	22 May 1981	7006146880000000000♠17 days	Centre	C–M–FP	Fälldin II
25	Claes Elmstedt (born 1928)	22 May 1981	8 October 1982	7007435672000000000♠1 year, 139 days	Centre	C–FP	Fälldin III
26	Curt Boström (1926–2014)	8 October 1982	30 June 1985	7007860112000000000♠2 years, 265 days	Social Democratic	S	Palme II
27	Roine Carlsson (born 1937)	1 July 1985	17 October 1985	7006933120000000000♠108 days	Social Democratic	S	Palme II
28	Sven Hulterström (born 1938)	18 October 1985	29 January 1989	7008103658400000000♠3 years, 104 days	Social Democratic	S	Palme II Carlsson I
29	Georg Andersson (born 1936)	30 January 1989	4 October 1991	7007845424000000000♠2 years, 248 days	Social Democratic	S	Carlsson I Carlsson II
30	Mats Odell (born 1947)	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	7007949320000000000♠3 years, 3 days	Christian Democrats	M–C–FP–KD	Bildt
31	Ines Uusman (born 1948)	7 October 1994	7 October 1998	7008126230400000000♠4 years, 0 days	Social Democratic	S	Carlsson III Persson
32	Björn Rosengren (born 1942)	7 October 1998	31 December 1998	7006734400000000000♠85 days	Social Democratic	S	Persson

Portrait	Minister for Infrastructure (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
Portrait	Minister for Infrastructure (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
1	Björn Rosengren (born 1942)	1 January 1999	16 October 2000	7007565272000000000♠1 year, 289 days	Social Democratic	S	Persson
2	Ulrica Messing (born 1968)	16 October 2000	6 October 2006	7008188460000000000♠5 years, 355 days	Social Democratic	S	Persson
3	Åsa Torstensson (born 1958)	6 October 2006	5 October 2010	7008126122400000000♠3 years, 364 days	Centre	M–C–FP–KD	Reinfeldt
4	Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd (born 1965)	5 October 2010	2 October 2014	7008125949600000000♠3 years, 362 days	Moderate	M–C–FP–KD	Reinfeldt
5	Anna Johansson (born 1971)	3 October 2014	Incumbent	7007695088000000000♠2 years, 74 days	Social Democratic	S–MP	Löfven

Swedish ministries and ministerial offices

Offices

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Historic ministerial portfolios	Budget Economy Management of the Economy Immigration Communications Municipal Affairs War Naval Affairs Taxes Schools Integration Elderly Care and Public Health Social Affairs Strategy, Future and Nordic Cooperation

Ministries

Present	Prime Minister's Office Justice Foreign Affairs Defence Health and Social Affairs Finance Education and Research Environment and Energy Enterprise and Innovation Culture Employment

Former	Land Defence Naval Affairs Civil Affairs Trade Communications Public Housekeeping Interior Housing Budget Economy Integration and Gender Equality Rural Affairs

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