Minister for Culture (Sweden)

The Minister for Culture (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for Culture) is a member and minister of the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister heads the Ministry for Culture and is responsible for cultural issues and construction.

Minister for Culture of Sweden
Statsråd och chef för Kulturdepartementet
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Parisa Liljestrand since 18 October 2022
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term, serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Bengt Göransson
Formation	8 October 1982
Website	Official website

Before 1 December 1991, the cultural issues were handled by the Ministry of Education. Between 1991 and 2004, and from 2006 it's a separate ministry. In the years between 2004 and 2006, the issues were handled by the Ministry of Education and Culture.

The current Minister for Culture is Parisa Liljestrand, who was appointed on 18 October 2022.

List of ministers for culture

Color key

  Independent   Social Democrats   Moderate   Centre   Left   Liberals   Christian Democrats   Green   Sweden Democrats

Status

  Denotes acting Minister for Culture

No.	Portrait	Minister for Culture	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Coalition	Cabinet
1		Bengt Göransson (1932–2021)	8 October 1982 (1982-10-08)	4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)	8 years, 361 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Palme II Carlsson I Carlsson II
2		Birgit Friggebo (born 1941)	4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)	7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)	3 years, 3 days	Liberals	M–C–L–KD	Bildt
3		Margot Wallström (born 1954)	7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)	22 March 1996 (1996-03-22)	1 year, 167 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Carlsson III
4		Marita Ulvskog (born 1951)	22 March 1996 (1996-03-22)	13 September 2004 (2004-09-13)	8 years, 175 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
-		Pär Nuder (born 1963) Acting	13 September 2004 (2004-09-13)	1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)	49 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
5		Leif Pagrotsky (born 1951)	1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)	6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)	1 year, 339 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson
6		Cecilia Stegö Chilò (1959–2025)	6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)	16 October 2006 (2006-10-16)	10 days	Moderate	M–C–L–KD	Reinfeldt
-		Lars Leijonborg (born 1949) Acting	16 October 2006 (2006-10-16)	24 October 2006 (2006-10-24)	8 days	Liberals	M–C–L–KD	Reinfeldt
7		Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (born 1955)	24 October 2006 (2006-10-24)	3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)	7 years, 344 days	Moderate	M–C–L–KD	Reinfeldt
8		Alice Bah Kuhnke (born 1971)	3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)	21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)	4 years, 110 days	Green	S/SAP–MP	Löfven I
9		Amanda Lind (born 1980)	21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)	30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	2 years, 313 days	Green	S/SAP–MP	Löfven II Löfven III
10		Jeanette Gustafsdotter (born 1965)	30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	322 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Andersson
11		Parisa Liljestrand (born 1983)	18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	Incumbent	2 years, 303 days	Moderate	M–KD–L	Kristersson

Deputy ministers

Portrait		Minister for Culture (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Coalition	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Ulrica Messing (born 1968)	7 October 1998 (1998-10-07)	21 October 2000 (2000-10-21)	2 years, 14 days	Social Democrats	S/SAP	Persson

See also

• Politics in Sweden
• Culture minister
• Ministry of Culture