# Minister for Education (Sweden)

The Minister for Education (Swedish: utbildningsminister) is the education minister of Sweden and the head of the Ministry of Education and Research.
The current minister for education is Johan Pehrson of the Liberals.

## History

As a result of the ministry reform in 1840, the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs was instituted. The head of the ministry was the minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs, with the responsibility of culture, the Church of Sweden, research and education. In 1968, the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs changed its name to the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (Swedish: Utbildningsdepartmentet), today called the Ministry of Education and Research. The head of the Ministry of Education and Research is the minister for education.

## List of officeholders
### Minister for Education (1968—present)

| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Term | Term | Term | Political Party | Election | Prime Minister |
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political Party | Election | Prime Minister |
| | | Olof Palme (1927–1986) | 1 January 1968 | 14 October 1969 | 1 year, 286 days | Social Democrats | 1968 | Tage Erlander (S/SAP) |
| | | Ingvar Carlsson (born 1934) | 14 October 1969 | 2 November 1973 | 4 years, 19 days | Social Democrats | – | Olof Palme (S/SAP) |
| | | Bertil Zachrisson (1926–2023) | 2 November 1973 | 8 October 1976 | 2 years, 341 days | Social Democrats | 1973 | Olof Palme (S/SAP) |
| | | Jan-Erik Wikström (1932–2024) | 8 October 1976 | 8 October 1982 | 6 years, 0 days | Liberals | 1976 1979 | Thorbjörn Fälldin (C) (1976 – 1978, 1979–1982) Ola Ullsten (L) (1978 – 1979) |
| | | Lena Hjelm-Wallén (born 1943) | 8 October 1982 | 16 October 1985 | 3 years, 8 days | Social Democrats | 1982 | Olof Palme (S/SAP) |
| | | Lennart Bodström (1928–2015) | 16 October 1985 | 29 January 1989 | 3 years, 105 days | Social Democrats | 1985 1988 | Olof Palme (S/SAP) (1985 – 1986) Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP) (1986 – 1989) |
| | | Bengt Göransson (1932–2021) | 29 January 1989 | 3 October 1991 | 2 years, 247 days | Social Democrats | – | Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP) |
| | | Per Unckel (1948–2011) | 3 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 4 days | Moderate | 1991 | Carl Bildt (M) |
| | | Carl Tham (born 1939) | 7 October 1994 | 6 October 1998 | 3 years, 364 days | Social Democrats | 1994 | Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP) (1994 – 1996) Göran Persson (S/SAP) (1996 – 2002) |
| | | Thomas Östros (born 1965) | 6 October 1998 | 21 October 2004 | 6 years, 15 days | Social Democrats | – 2002 | Göran Persson (S/SAP) |
| | | Leif Pagrotsky (born 1951) | 21 October 2004 | 6 October 2006 | 1 year, 350 days | Social Democrats | – | Göran Persson (S/SAP) |
| | | Lars Leijonborg (born 1949) | 6 October 2006 | 7 September 2007 | 336 days | Liberals | 2006 | Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) |
| | | Jan Björklund (born 1962) | 7 September 2007 | 3 October 2014 | 7 years, 26 days | Liberals | – 2010 | Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) |
| | | Gustav Fridolin (born 1983) | 3 October 2014 | 21 January 2019 | 4 years, 110 days | Green | 2014 | Stefan Löfven (S/SAP) |
| | | Anna Ekström (born 1959) | 21 January 2019 | 18 October 2022 | 3 years, 270 days | Social Democrats | 2018 | Stefan Löfven Magdalena Andersson (S/SAP) |
| | | Mats Persson (born 1980) | 18 October 2022 | 10 September 2024 | 1 year, 328 days | Liberals | 2022 | Ulf Kristersson (M) |
| | | Johan Pehrson (born 1968) | 10 September 2024 | Incumbent | 127 days | Liberals | – | Ulf Kristersson (M) |
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