Minister for the Environment (Sweden)

The Minister for Climate and the Environment, (Swedish: klimat- och miljöminister), formally cabinet minister of the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, is a member and minister of the Government of Sweden and is appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister is responsible for policies related to natural environment, climate and the overall responsibility for coordinating the work on sustainable development.

Minister for Climate and the Environment
Statsråd
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Romina Pourmokhtari since 18 October 2022
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Ingvar Carlsson
Formation	7 October 1985
Website	Minister for Climate and the Environment

The office was founded in 1985, and its first holder was Ingvar Carlsson. In 1987, the Ministry of the Environment was formed with Birgitta Dahl becoming the first head of the ministry. In 2022, the Ministry of the Environment was merged into the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, which in turn changed its name to the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise.^[1]

Since 2014 the title of Minister for Climate^[2] have added to the Minister for the Environmenet, except for the years between 2016 and 2019 when Isabella Lövin held title along with being Minister for International Development Cooperation.

List of ministers

Environment (1985–present)

Color key

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

No.	Portrait	Minister (Born–Died)	Title	Tenure			Political party	Prime Minister
				Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Ingvar Carlsson (born 1934)	Minister for the Environment	7 October 1985 (1985-10-07)	28 February 1986 (1986-02-28)	144 days	Social Democrats	Olof Palme (S/SAP)
2		Birgitta Dahl (1937–2024)	Minister for the Environment	12 March 1986 (1986-03-12)	4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)	5 years, 206 days	Social Democrats	Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP)
3		Olof Johansson (born 1937)	Minister for the Environment	4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)	16 June 1994 (1994-06-16)	2 years, 255 days	Centre	Carl Bildt (M)
4		Görel Thurdin (born 1942)	Minister for the Environment	16 June 1994 (1994-06-16)	2 October 1994 (1994-10-02)	108 days	Centre	Carl Bildt (M)
–		Karl Erik Olsson (1938–2021) Acting	Minister for the Environment	2 October 1994 (1994-10-02)	7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)	5 days	Centre	Carl Bildt (M)
5		Anna Lindh (1957–2003)	Minister for the Environment	7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)	7 October 1998 (1998-10-07)	4 years, 0 days	Social Democrats	Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP) (1994 – 1996) Göran Persson (S/SAP) (1996 – 1998)
6		Kjell Larsson (1943–2002)	Minister for the Environment	7 October 1998 (1998-10-07)	21 October 2002 (2002-10-21)	4 years, 14 days	Social Democrats	Göran Persson (S/SAP)
7		Lena Sommestad (born 1957)	Minister for the Environment	21 October 2002 (2002-10-21)	31 October 2004 (2004-10-31)	2 years, 10 days	Social Democrats	Göran Persson (S/SAP)
8		Mona Sahlin (born 1957)	Minister for the Environment	1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)	6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)	1 year, 339 days	Social Democrats	Göran Persson (S/SAP)
9		Andreas Carlgren (born 1958)	Minister for the Environment	6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)	29 September 2011 (2011-09-29)	4 years, 358 days	Centre	Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)
10		Lena Ek (born 1958)	Minister for the Environment	29 September 2011 (2011-09-29)	3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)	3 years, 4 days	Centre	Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)
11		Åsa Romson (born 1972)	Minister for Climate and the Environment	3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)	25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)	1 year, 235 days	Green	Stefan Löfven (S/SAP)
12		Karolina Skog (born 1976)	Minister for the Environment	25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)	21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)	2 years, 241 days	Green	Stefan Löfven (S/SAP)
13		Isabella Lövin (born 1963)	Minister for Climate and the Environment	21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)	5 February 2021 (2021-02-05)	2 years, 15 days	Green	Stefan Löfven (S/SAP)
14		Per Bolund (born 1971)	Minister for Climate and the Environment	5 February 2021 (2021-02-05)	30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	298 days	Green	Stefan Löfven (S/SAP)
15		Annika Strandhäll (born 1975)	Minister for Climate and the Environment	30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	322 days	Social Democrats	Magdalena Andersson (S/SAP)
16		Romina Pourmokhtari (born 1995)	Minister for Climate and the Environment	18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	Incumbent	2 years, 298 days	Liberals	Ulf Kristersson (M)

Climate (2016–2019)

Since the title of Minister for Climate started to be used in 2014, all Ministers for the Environment have held the title except during the years between 2016 and 2019.

No.	Portrait	Name	Title	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Prime Minister
1		Lövin, IsabellaIsabella Lövin (born 1963)	Minister for Climate and International Development Cooperation	25 May 2016	21 January 2019	2 years, 241 days		Green	Löfven, StefanStefan Löfven (S/SAP)

See also

• Ministry for the Environment
• Government of Sweden