List of Prime Ministers of Sweden
List of Prime Ministers
The General Electoral League (1904–1938) was formed as a national campaign organisation for the early conservative and protectionist groups represented in the Riksdag.

List of Prime Ministers of Sweden

Section Title: List of Prime Ministers
Table Section Text: The General Electoral League (1904–1938) was formed as a national campaign organisation for the early conservative and protectionist groups represented in the Riksdag.

Name (Lifespan)	Portrait	Term	Party (Alliance)	Cabinet Parties	Mandate	Monarch (Reign)

Tenure	Duration

1	Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818–1896)	-	20 March 1876 – 19 April 1880	4 years, 30 days	Independent	L. G. De Geer	1875 1878	-

2	Arvid Posse (1820–1901)	19 April 1880 – 13 June 1883	3 years, 55 days	Lantmanna Party	Posse	— 1881

3	Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–1891)	June 13, 1883 – May 16, 1884	308 days	Independent	Thyselius	—

4	Robert Themptander (1844–1897)	16 May 1884 – 6 February 1888	3 years, 266 days	Independent	Themptander	1884

1887a

1887b

5	Gillis Bildt (1820–1894)	6 February 1888 – 12 October 1889	1 year, 248 days	Independent	G. Bildt	—

6	Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833–1900)	12 October 1889 – 10 July 1891	1 year, 271 days	Protectionist Party	Åkerhielm	— 1890

7	Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907)	10 July 1891 – 12 September 1900	9 years, 64 days	Lantmanna Party	Boström I	— 1893 1896 1899

8	Fredrik von Otter (1833–1910)	12 September 1900 – 5 July 1902	1 year, 296 days	Independent	Otter	—

(7)	Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907)	5 July 1902 – 13 April 1905	2 years, 282 days	Lantmanna Party	Boström II	— 1902

9	Johan Ramstedt (1852–1935)	JohanRamstedt.JPG	13 April 1905 – 2 August 1905	111 days	Independent	Ramstedt	—

10	Christian Lundeberg (1842–1911)	2 August 1905 – 7 November 1905	97 days	Protectionist Party (General Electoral League)	Lundeberg AvF–LS	—

11	Karl Staaff (1860–1915)	7 November 1905 – 29 May 1906	203 days	Liberal Coalition Party	Staaff I LS	1905

12	Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)	29 May 1906 – 7 October 1911	5 years, 131 days	Lantmanna Party (General Electoral League)	Lindman I AvF	— 1908

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(11)	Karl Staaff (1860–1915)	7 October 1911 – 17 February 1914	2 years, 133 days	Liberal Coalition Party	Staaff II LS	1911

13	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)	17 February 1914 – 30 March 1917	3 years, 41 days	Independent	Hammarskjöld	—

1914a

1914b

14	Carl Swartz (1858–1926)	30 March 1917 – 19 October 1917	203 days	National Party (General Electoral League)	Swartz AvF	—

15	Nils Edén (1871–1945)	19 October 1917 – 10 March 1920	2 years, 143 days	Liberal Coalition Party	Edén LS–S	1917

16	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)	10 March 1920 – 27 October 1920	231 days	Social Democrats	Branting I S	—

17	Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854–1935)	27 October 1920 – 23 February 1921	119 days	Independent	G. L. De Geer	1920

18	Oscar von Sydow (1873–1936)	23 February 1921 – 13 October 1921	232 days	Independent	von Sydow	—

(16)	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)	13 October 1921 – 19 April 1923	1 year, 188 days	Social Democrats	Branting II S	1921

19	Ernst Trygger (1857–1943)	19 April 1923 – 18 October 1924	1 year, 182 days	National Party (General Electoral League)	Trygger AvF	—

(16)	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)	18 October 1924 – 24 January 1925	98 days	Social Democrats	Branting III S	1924

20	Rickard Sandler (1884–1964)	24 January 1925 – 7 June 1926	1 year, 134 days	Social Democrats	Sandler S	—

21	Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)	7 June 1926 – 2 October 1928	2 years, 117 days	Freeminded People's Party	Ekman I FF–L	—

(12)	Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)	2 October 1928 – 7 June 1930	1 year, 248 days	Lantmanna Party (General Electoral League)	Lindman II AvF	1928

(21)	Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)	7 June 1930 – 6 August 1932	2 years, 60 days	Freeminded People's Party	Ekman II FF	—

22	Felix Hamrin (1875–1937)	6 August 1932 – 24 September 1932	49 days	Freeminded People's Party	Hamrin FF	—

23	Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)	24 September 1932 – 19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days	Social Democrats	Hansson I S	1932

24	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954)	19 June 1936 – 28 September 1936	101 days	Farmers' League	Pehrsson-Bramstorp Bf	—

(23)	Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)	28 September 1936 – 6 October 1946	10 years, 8 days	Social Democrats	Hansson II S–Bf	1936 1940 1944

Hansson III S–Bf–H–F

Hansson IV S

–	Östen Undén (1886–1974)	Acting Prime Minister 6 October 1946 – 11 October 1946	5 days	Social Democrats	Hansson IV S	—

(25)	Tage Erlander (1901–1985)	11 October 1946 – 14 October 1969	23 years, 3 days	Social Democrats	Erlander I S	— 1948 1952 1956 1958 1960 1964 1968

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Erlander II S–Bf

Erlander III S

26	Olof Palme (1927–1986)	14 October 1969 – 8 October 1976	6 years, 360 days	Social Democrats	Palme I S	— 1970 1973

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27	Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016)	Falldin.JPG	8 October 1976 – 18 October 1978	2 years, 10 days	Centre Party	Fälldin I C–M–F	1976

28	Ola Ullsten (1931–2018)	Ola Ullsten.JPG	18 October 1978 – 12 October 1979	359 days	People's Party	Ullsten F	—

(27)	Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016)	Falldin.JPG	12 October 1979 – 8 October 1982	2 years, 361 days	Centre Party	Fälldin II C–M–F	1979

Fälldin III C–F

(26)	Olof Palme (1927–1986)	8 October 1982 – 28 February 1986	3 years, 143 days	Social Democrats	Palme II S	1982 1985

–	Ingvar Carlsson (1934–)	Acting since 1 March 1986 12 March 1986 – 4 October 1991	5 years, 217 days	Social Democrats	Palme II S	— 1988

29	Carlsson I S

Carlsson II S

30	Carl Bildt (1949–)	4 October 1991 – 7 October 1994	3 years, 3 days	Moderate Party	C. Bildt M–C–FP–KD	1991

(29)	Ingvar Carlsson (1934–)	7 October 1994 – 22 March 1996	1 year, 167 days	Social Democrats	Carlsson III S	1994

31	Göran Persson (1949–)	22 March 1996 – 6 October 2006	10 years, 198 days	Social Democrats	Persson S	— 1998 2002

32	Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965–)	6 October 2006 – 3 October 2014	7 years, 362 days	Moderate Party (Alliance for Sweden)	Reinfeldt M–C–FP–KD	2006 2010

33	Stefan Löfven (1957–)	3 October 2014 – Incumbent	4 years, 192 days	Social Democrats	Löfven I–II S–MP	2014 2018

Sentence(s)

The longest time span between two terms of the same minister was between Arvid Lindman's, at 16 years, 361 days between the end of his first term (7 October 1911) and the beginning of his second term (2 October 1928).

final_sentence: The longest time span between two terms of the same minister was between Arvid Lindman's, at 16 years, 361 days between the end of his first term (7 October 1911) and the beginning of his second term (2 October 1928).