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The Minister for Justice (Swedish: justitieminister) is the justice minister of Sweden and head of the Ministry of Justice. The current Minister for Justice is Beatrice Ask of the Moderate Party.
The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional Instrument of Government promulgated in the same year. Until 1876 the office was called Prime Minister for Justice (Swedish: justitiestatsminister), similar to the office of Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs (Swedish: utrikesstatsminister). Until 1840, the Prime Minister for Justice also served as a member of the Supreme Court. Following the ministry reform in 1840, the Prime Minister for Justice became head of the newly instituted Ministry of Justice. In 1876 the office proper of Prime Minister of Sweden was created and at the same time the Minister for Justice was created. Before 1876 the Prime Minister for Justice had in practice been granted exclusively to members of the most prominent noble families.
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List off officeholders
Prime Ministers for Justice (1809–1876)
Swedish Cabinet Holding Parties - Color key:
Name Took office Left office Political party Carl Axel Wachtmeister 9 June 1809 5 April 1810 Independent Fredrik Gyllenborg 5 April 1810 18 August 1829 Independent Mathias Rosenblad 18 August 1829 16 May 1840 Independent Arvid Mauritz Posse 16 May 1840 5 September 1840 Independent Carl Petter Törnebladh (acting) 5 September 1840 14 January 1841 Independent Carl Petter Törnebladh 14 January 1841 5 January 1843 Independent Lars Herman Gyllenhaal 5 January 1843 28 December 1844 Independent Johan Nordenfalk 28 December 1844 9 March 1846 Independent Arvid Mauritz Posse 23 March 1846 10 April 1848 Independent Gustaf Sparre 10 April 1848 25 September 1856 Independent Claës Günther 25 September 1856 7 April 1858 Independent Louis De Geer 7 April 1858 3 June 1870 Independent Axel Adlercreutz 3 June 1870 8 April 1874 Independent Edvard Carleson 4 May 1874 11 May 1875 Independent Louis De Geer 11 May 1875 20 March 1876 Independent Ministers for Justice (1876–present)
Name Took office Left office Political party Louis De Geer 20 March 1876 6 June 1879 Independent Ludvig Almqvist 6 June 1879 19 April 1880 Independent Nils von Steyern 19 April 1880 6 February 1888 Independent Axel Bergström 6 February 1888 28 September 1888 Independent Carl Gustaf Axel Örbom 28 September 1888 30 May 1889 Independent August Östergren 12 June 1889 5 February 1896 Independent Ludvig Annerstedt 5 February 1896 5 December 1901 Independent Hjalmar Hammarskjöld 5 December 1901 5 July 1902 Independent Ossian Berger 5 July 1902 2 August 1905 Lantmanna Party Gustaf Berg 2 August 1905 7 November 1905 Protectionist Party Karl Staaff 7 November 1905 29 May 1906 Liberal Coalition Party Albert Petersson 29 May 1906 7 October 1911 General Electoral League Gustaf Sandström 7 October 1911 17 February 1914 Liberal Coalition Party Berndt Hasselrot 17 February 1914 30 March 1917 Independent Steno Stenberg 30 March 1917 19 October 1917 General Electoral League Eliel Löfgren 19 October 1917 10 March 1920 Liberal Coalition Party Östen Undén 10 March 1920 30 June 1920 Social Democrats Assar Åkerman 30 June 1920 27 October 1920 Social Democrats Birger Ekeberg 27 October 1920 13 October 1921 Independent Assar Åkerman 13 October 1921 19 April 1923 Social Democrats Birger Ekeberg 19 April 1923 18 October 1924 Independent Torsten Nothin 18 October 1924 7 June 1926 Social Democrats Johan Thyrén 7 June 1926 2 October 1928 Freeminded People's Party Georg Bissmark 2 October 1928 7 June 1930 General Electoral League Natanael Gärde 7 June 1930 24 September 1932 Independent Karl Schlyter 24 September 1932 19 June 1936 Social Democrats Thorwald Bergquist 19 June 1936 28 September 1936 Independent Karl Gustaf Westman 28 September 1936 29 August 1943 Farmer's League Thorwald Bergquist 30 August 1943 31 July 1945 People's Party Herman Zetterberg 31 July 1945 30 September 1957 Social Democrats Ingvar Lindell 1 October 1957 30 November 1959 Social Democrats Herman Kling 1 December 1959 14 October 1969 Social Democrats Lennart Geijer 14 October 1969 8 October 1976 Social Democrats Sven Romanus 8 October 1976 12 October 1979 Independent Håkan Winberg 12 October 1979 5 May 1981 Moderate Party Carl Axel Petri 5 May 1981 8 October 1982 Independent Ove Rainer 8 October 1982 10 November 1983 Social Democrats Anna-Greta Leijon (acting) 10 November 1983 15 November 1983 Social Democrats Sten Wickbom 15 November 1983 19 October 1987 Social Democrats Anna-Greta Leijon 19 October 1987 7 June 1988 Social Democrats Thage G. Peterson 8 June 1988 30 September 1988 Social Democrats Laila Freivalds 4 October 1988 4 October 1991 Social Democrats Gun Hellsvik 4 October 1991 7 October 1994 Moderate Party Laila Freivalds 7 October 1994 21 September 2000 Social Democrats Lena Hjelm-Wallén (acting) 21 September 2000 15 October 2000 Social Democrats Thomas Bodström 16 October 2000 6 October 2006 Social Democrats Beatrice Ask 6 October 2006 Incumbent Moderate Party See also
External links
- Ministry of Justice, official website (English)
Categories:- Swedish Ministers for Justice
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