Minister for Democracy (Sweden)

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

Minister for Democracy
Demokratiminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Paulina Brandberg[1] 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
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The minister is responsible for issues regarding democracy.

Lists of Ministers for Democracy

№	Democracy Minister		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	6 years, 274 days	Social Democrats	Magdalena Andersson
9		Paulina Brandberg (born 1983)	Minister for Gender Equlity and Deputy Minister for Employment	18 October 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 4 days	Liberals	Ulf Kristersson

Ministry history

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–