# Minister for Civil Service Affairs

The Minister for Civil Service Affairs (Swedish: Civilminister), since 2010 called Minister for Public Administration, is a member of the Government of Sweden. The minister for civil service affairs was the head of the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs from 1840 to 1996. It was reintroduced as a minister without portfolio post in 2010. Its tasks includes government procurement and an overall responsibility for municipalities and regions.

## History

The post was created when the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was established in 1840. Through the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs, matters concerning the lantregeringen (county administrative boards) as well as rural municipalities, köping's and cities were prepared and presented. Other matters were communications (excluding road, ferry and bridge maintenance issues), in particular rail and postal services, telegraphs, telephones and other electrical installations, road, waterway and port facilities, medical and quarantine services, public health as well as civilian health care institutions, concerning the insurance and health insurance system as well as other social issues, concerning flammable oils and explosive goods and suchlike, concerning the borders of Sweden and the special status of the Laplanders, and finally in general all civil matters not assigned to another ministry. Among actual legal issues, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs' handling included issues concerning the establishment, repeal, amendment or declaration of municipal statutes (except those relating to the church or education system) as well as legislative issues concerning insurance institutions and health insurance funds as well as compensation for occupational injuries. The cases were presented before the King by the minister for civil service affairs, who was a cabinet minister and had the title "Minister and Head of the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs", but in everyday speech was usually called the minister for civil service affairs. For the preparation and handling of cases, the minister had at his disposal an office, which in 1906 consisted of a director general for administrative affairs (expeditionschef), four directors (byråchef) (deputy directors, kansliråd), five administrative officers (kanslisekreterare), a senior registry clerk, an advisor assistant in the preparation of insurance matters and a number of extra ordinary officials.
In 1920, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was replaced by two ministries and hence the post of minister for civil service affairs disappeared. In 1950 the post was re-introduced when the ministry was re-established for the wage and pension system. In 1969, the ministry was completely emptied of its old contents and the minister and its ministry would instead be responsible for the county administrative boards, the municipalities and the national physical planning and then went by the name Ministry of Physical Planning and Local Government. In 1973, the post disappeared again when the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Local Government which then ceased on 31 December 1982. On 1 January 1983, the minister post was reintroduced once again as the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs came in its place as a pure ministry for issues concerning the public sector, for example for issues of working and employment conditions, co-determination and gender equality, Sweden's administrative division, rationalization and audit in central government, computer technology in public administration, statistics, public information, co-determination issues but also administrative matters concerning the Royal Court and Palace Administration (Slottsstaten). In June 1996, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was reorganized into the Ministry of the Interior and the post disappeared again.
In 2010, the post was reintroduced as the minister for public administration which is a minister without portfolio attached to the Ministry of Finance. Its tasks now includes government procurement and an overall responsibility for municipalities and regions.

## List of officeholders
### Color key

Independent Historical parties:  Lantmanna  Moderate  National Party  Liberals  Liberals  Liberals  Liberals Present parties:  Social Democrats  Moderate  Centre  Left  Liberals  Christian Democrats  Green  Sweden Democrats

### Status

Denotes acting minister for civil service affairs
1840–1920 :
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Term | Term | Term | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet |
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet |
| | | Olof Fåhræus (1796–1884) | 16 May 1840 | 23 September 1847 | 7 years, 130 days | Independent | – | Charles XIV John Oscar I |
| | | Fredrik Fåhræus (1796–1865) | 23 September 1847 | 16 December 1856 | 9 years, 84 days | Independent | – | Oscar I |
| | | Ludvig Almqvist (1818–1884) | 16 December 1856 | 2 November 1860 | 3 years, 322 days | Independent | – | Oscar I Charles XV |
| | | Gerhard Lagerstråle (1814–1887) | 2 November 1860 | 1 June 1868 | 7 years, 212 days | Independent | – | Charles XV |
| | | Axel Gustav Adlercreutz (1821–1880) | 4 June 1868 | 3 June 1870 | 1 year, 213 days | Independent | – | Charles XV |
| | | Axel Bergström (1823–1893) | 3 June 1870 | 11 May 1875 | 4 years, 342 days | Independent | – | Oscar II |
| | | Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–1891) | 11 May 1875 | 19 April 1880 | 4 years, 344 days | Independent | – | De Geer the Elder |
| | | Fredrik Hederstierna (1828–1900) | 19 April 1880 | 5 October 1883 | 3 years, 169 days | Independent | – | Posse Thyselius |
| | | Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–1891) | 5 October 1883 | 30 November 1883 | 56 days | Independent | – | Thyselius |
| | | Edvard von Krusenstjerna (1841–1907) | 30 November 1883 | 12 October 1889 | 5 years, 316 days | Independent | – | Thyselius Themptander Bildt |
| | | Lennart Groll (1845–1896) | 12 October 1889 | 6 October 1896 | 6 years, 360 days | Independent | – | Boström I |
| | | Edvard von Krusenstjerna (1841–1907) | 6 October 1896 | 5 July 1902 | 5 years, 272 days | Independent | – | Boström I von Otter |
| | | Hjalmar Westring (1857–1926) | 5 July 1902 | 2 August 1905 | 3 years, 28 days | Independent | – | Boström II Ramstedt |
| | | Johan Widén (1856–1933) | 2 August 1905 | 7 November 1905 | 97 days | Lantmanna | – | Lundeberg |
| | | Axel Schotte (1857–1922) | 7 November 1905 | 29 May 1906 | 203 days | Liberals | – | Staaff I |
| | | Julius Juhlin (1861–1934) | 29 May 1906 | 4 December 1907 | 1 year, 189 days | Independent | – | Lindman I |
| | | Hugo E. G. Hamilton (1849–1928) | 4 December 1907 | 7 October 1911 | 3 years, 307 days | Independent | – | Lindman I |
| | | Axel Schotte (1857–1922) | 7 October 1911 | 17 February 1914 | 2 years, 133 days | Liberals | – | Staaff II |
| | | Oscar von Sydow (1873–1936) | 16 February 1914 | 29 June 1917 | 3 years, 133 days | Independent | – | Hammarskjöld |
| | | Walter Murray (1871–1957) | 29 June 1917 | 19 October 1917 | 112 days | Independent | National Party–Electoral League | Swartz |
| | | Axel Schotte (1857–1922) | 19 October 1917 | 28 November 1919 | 2 years, 40 days | Liberals | L–S/SAP | Edén |
| | | Fredrik Holmquist (1857–1922) | 28 November 1919 | 10 March 1920 | 103 days | Liberals | L–S/SAP | Edén |
| | | Carl Svensson (1879–1938) | 10 March 1920 | 30 June 1920 | 112 days | Social Democrats | – | Branting I |
| 1950–1973 |||||||||
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Term | Term | Term | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet |
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet |
| | | John Lingman (1901–1962) | 1 July 1950 | 28 November 1954 | 4 years, 150 days | Social Democrats | – | Erlander I Erlander II |
| | | Gunnar Lange (1909–1976) | 29 November 1954 | 12 September 1955 | 287 days | Social Democrats | – | Erlander II |
| | | Sigurd Lindholm (1904–1990) | 12 September 1955 | 16 September 1965 | 10 years, 4 days | Social Democrats | – | Erlander II Erlander III |
| | | Hans Gustafsson (1912–1981) | 16 September 1965 | 1 July 1969 | 3 years, 288 days | Social Democrats | – | Erlander III |
| | | Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991) | 1 July 1969 | 3 November 1973 | 4 years, 125 days | Social Democrats | – | Erlander III Palme I |
| | | Hans Gustafsson (1923–1998) | 3 November 1973 | 31 December 1973 | 58 days | Social Democrats | – | Palme I |
| 1983–1996 |||||||||
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Term | Term | Term | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet |
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet |
| | | Bo Holmberg (1942–2010) | 1 January 1983 | 4 October 1988 | 5 years, 277 days | Social Democrats | – | Palme II Carlsson I |
| | | Bengt K. Å. Johansson (1937–2021) | 4 October 1988 | 4 October 1991 | 2 years, 351 days | Social Democrats | – | Carlsson I Carlsson II |
| | | Inger Davidson (born 1944) | 21 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 2 years, 351 days | Christian Democrats | C–M–L–KD | Bildt |
| | | Marita Ulvskog (born 1951) | 7 October 1994 | 22 March 1996 | 1 year, 167 days | Social Democrats | – | Carlsson III |
| | | Jörgen Andersson (born 1946) | 22 March 1996 | 30 June 1996 | 100 days | Social Democrats | – | Persson |
| 2010–present |||||||||
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Term | Term | Term | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet |
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political Party | Coalition | Cabinet |
| | | Stefan Attefall (born 1960) | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | 3 years, 363 days | Christian Democrats | Alliance | Reinfeldt |
| | | Ardalan Shekarabi (born 1978) | 3 October 2014 | 1 October 2019 | 4 years, 363 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP–MP | Löfven I Löfven II |
| | | Lena Micko (born 1955) | 1 October 2019 | 30 November 2021 | 2 years, 60 days | Social Democrats | S/SAP–MP | Löfven II Löfven III |
| | | Ida Karkiainen (born 1988) | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | – | Andersson |
| | | Erik Slottner (born 1980) | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 143 days | Christian Democrats | M–KD–L | Kristersson |