# 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.
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.
Since 2014 the title of Minister for Climate 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 | Tenure | Tenure | Political party | Prime Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Title | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political party | Prime Minister |
| 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, 40 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 | 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) |