Minister for Democracy (Sweden)

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Minister for Democracy
Demokratiminister

Incumbent Paulina Brandberg since 18 October 2022
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	Serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Britta Lejon
Formation	1998
Website

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

The minister is responsible for issues regarding democracy.

Lists of Ministers for Democracy

№		Position	Took office	Left office	Duration	Party	Prime Minister
1	Britta Lejon (born 1964)	Deputy Minister for Justice and Minister for the Youth and Consumers	7 October 1998	15 October 2002	4 years, 8 days	Social Democrats	Göran Persson
2	Mona Sahlin (born 1957)	Deputy Minister for Justice and Minister for Integration and Gender Equality	21 October 2002	21 October 2004	2 years, 0 days	Social Democrats	Göran Persson
3	Jens Orback (born 1957)	Deputy Minister for Justice and Minister for Integration and Gender Equality	21 October 2004	6 October 2006	1 year, 350 days	Social Democrats	Göran Persson
4	Nyamko Sabuni (born 1969)	Minister for Integration and Gender Equality	6 October 2006	5 October 2010	3 years, 364 days	Liberals	Fredrik Reinfeldt
5	Birgitta Ohlsson (born 1975)	Minister for EU Affairs	5 October 2010	3 October 2014	3 years, 363 days	Liberals	Fredrik Reinfeldt
6	Alice Bah Kuhnke (born 1971)	Minister for Culture	3 October 2014	21 January 2019	4 years, 110 days	Green	Stefan Löfven
7	Amanda Lind (born 1980)	Minister for Culture	21 January 2019	30 November 2021	2 years, 313 days	Green	Stefan Löfven
8	Jeanette Gustafsdotter (born 1965)	Minister for Culture	30 November 2021	17 October 2022	5 years, 356 days	Social Democrats	Magdalena Andersson
9	Paulina Brandberg (born 1983)	Minister for Gender Equlity and Deputy Minister for Employment	18 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 85 days	Liberals	Ulf Kristersson

The office of Minister for Democracy have been under several different ministries since its founding in 1998.

Ministry	Term
Ministry of Justice	1998–2006
Ministry for Integration and Gender Equality	2006–2010
The Prime Minister's Office	2010–2014
Ministry of Culture	2014–2022
Ministry of Employment	2022–

Offices
Prime Minister	Prime Minister List Deputy Prime Minister
Heads of Ministries	Culture Defence Education Employment and Integration Energy, Business and Industry Finance Foreign Affairs Social Affairs, Public Health and Sports Justice Rural Affairs
Other cabinet ministers	Climate and the Environment Consumer Affairs Democracy Digital Development EU Affairs Financial Markets Foreign Trade Gender Equality Higher Education and Research Infrastructure and Housing International Development Cooperation Migration Schools Nordic Cooperation Public Administration Social Security
Historic ministerial portfolios	Agriculture Budget Children Civil Service Affairs Commerce and Industry Economics Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs Elderly Elderly Care and Public Health Government Coordination Healthcare Home Affairs Immigration Interior Management of the Economy Municipal Affairs Naval Affairs Physical Planning and Local Government Public Health Strategic Development and Nordic Cooperation Supply Taxes Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training War

Ministries
Present	Prime Minister's Office Culture Defence Education and Research Employment Climate and Enterprise Finance Foreign Affairs Health and Social Affairs Rural Affairs and Infrastructure Justice
Former	Agriculture Budget Civil Service Affairs Commerce and Industry Communications Economics Industry Environment Integration and Gender Equality Housing Interior Land Defence Local Government Naval Affairs Supply Rural Affairs Infrastructure