# Minister for Sports (Sweden)

The minister for sports (Swedish: idrottsminister) is the sports minister of Sweden and responsible for issues regarding sports.
The position of Minister for Sports has usually been held by a minister as a part of a wider ministerial portfolio, and it has sorted under different ministries throughout the years.
The current minister for sports is Jakob Forssmed of the Christian Democrats. He concurrently serves as the minister for social affairs.

## Spokesperson for the government's sports policy

In the end of the 1970s, at the appointment of the Ullsten Cabinet. Prime Minister Ola Ullsten appointed Rune Ångström as spokesperson for the government's sport policy. The position existed between 1978 and 1979.
| No. | Spokesperson (Born–Died) | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| No. | Spokesperson (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political party | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| 1 | Rune Ångström (1923–2007) | 18 October 1978 | 12 October 1979 | 359 days | Liberal People's | | Ullsten |

## List of ministers for sports

| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Other Positions | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Other Positions | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political party | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| 1 | | Ulf Lönnqvist (born 1936) | Minister for Housing | 4 October 1988 | 4 October 1991 | 3 years, 0 days | Social Democrats | | Carlsson I Carlsson II |
| 2 | | Bo Lundgren (born 1947) | Deputy Minister for Finance and Minister for Taxes | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Moderat | | Carl Bildt |
| 3 | | Marita Ulvskog (born 1951) | Minister for Civil Service Affairs Minister for Gender Equality | 7 October 1994 | 22 March 1996 | 1 year, 167 days | Social Democrats | | Carlsson III |
| 4 | | Leif Blomberg (1941–1998) | Deputy Minister of the Interior Minister for Integration | 22 March 1996 | 2 March 1998 † | 1 year, 345 days | Social Democrats | | Persson |
| 5 | | Lars Engqvist (born 1945) | Deputy Minister of the Interior Minister for Integration | 16 March 1998 | 7 October 1998 | 205 days | Social Democrats | | Persson |
| 6 | | Ulrica Messing (born 1951) | Deputy Minister for Culture Minister for Integration | 7 October 1998 | 21 October 2000 | 2 years, 14 days | Social Democrats | | Persson |
| 7 | | Mona Sahlin (born 1957) | Deputy Minister for Justice Minister for Integration Minister for Democracy Minister for Gender Equality | 21 October 2000 | 21 October 2004 | 4 years, 0 days | Social Democrats | | Persson |
| 8 | | Bosse Ringholm (born 1942) | Minister for Finance Deputy Prime Minister | 21 October 2004 | 6 October 2006 | 1 year, 350 days | Social Democrats | | Persson |
| 9 | | Cecilia Stegö Chilò (born 1959) | Minister for Culture | 6 October 2006 | 16 October 2006 | 10 days | Moderate | | Reinfeldt |
| – | | Lars Leijonborg (acting) | Minister for Education Minister for Culture (acting) | 16 October 2006 | 24 October 2006 | 8 days | Liberal People's | | Reinfeldt |
| 10 | | Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (born 1955) | Minister for Culture | 24 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | 7 years, 344 days | Moderate | | Reinfeldt |
| 11 | | Gabriel Wikström (born 1985) | Minister for Public Health Minister for Healthcare | 3 October 2014 | 27 July 2017 | 2 years, 297 days | Social Democrats | | Löfven I |
| – | | Annika Strandhäll (acting) | Minister for Social Security | 5 May 2017 | 27 July 2017 | 83 days | Social Democrats | | Löfven I |
| 12 | | Annika Strandhäll (born 1975) | Minister for Social Affairs | 27 July 2017 | 21 January 2019 | 1 year, 178 days | Social Democrats | | Löfven I |
| 13 | | Amanda Lind (born 1980) | Minister for Culture Minister for Democracy | 21 January 2019 | 30 November 2021 | 2 years, 313 days | Green | | Löfven II Löfven III |
| 14 | | Anders Ygeman (born 1970) | Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy; Minister for Integration | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | | Andersson |
| 15 | | Jakob Forssmed (born 1974) | Minister for Social Affairs | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 12 days | Christian Democrats | | Kristersson |

## Ministry history

The office of Minister for Sports has been under several different ministries since its founding in 1988.
| Ministry | Term |
| Ministry of Housing | 1988–1991 |
| Ministry of Finance | 1991–1994 |
| Ministry for Civil Service Affairs | 1994–1996 |
| Ministry of the Interior | 1996–1998 |
| Ministry of Culture | 1998–2000 |
| Ministry of Justice | 2000–2004 |
| Ministry of Finance | 2004 |
| The Prime Minister's Office | 2004–2006 |
| Ministry of Culture | 2006–2014 |
| Ministry of Health and Social Affairs | 2014–2019 |
| Ministry of Culture | 2019–2021 |
| Ministry of Justice | 2021–2022 |
| Ministry of Health and Social Affairs | 2022– |