# Minister for Rural Affairs (Sweden)

The Minister for Rural Affairs (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for Rural Affairs and prior to that Minister of Agriculture) is a position in the Government of Sweden since November 2021 and previously from 1900 to July 2021. It was merged into the office of Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation in July 2021 but was re-established in November 2021 by newly appointed Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. It was also kept after the government shift due to the 2022 Swedish general election, when current minister Peter Kullgren (kd) was appointed.
The officeholder was a member and minister of the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister headed the Ministry for Rural Affairs until 2014, when the office was placed under the Ministry of Enterprise. The officeholder was responsible for agriculture and environmental issues relating to agriculture, fishery, reindeer husbandry, Sami affairs, horticulture, animal welfare, foodstuffs, hunting and game management, as well as higher education and research in the field of agricultural sciences.

## History

The office was founded in 1900 under the name of minister of agriculture. Its first holder was Theodor Odelberg [sv]. The office was renamed minister for agriculture, food and fisheries in the 1990s. The office was renamed minister for rural affairs (landsbygdsminister) in 2010.

## List of ministers
### Agriculture (1900–2010)

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
| 1 | Theodor Odelsberg (1847–1938) | 31 March 1900 | 2 August 1905 | 5 years, 124 days | Moderate | Boström I von Otter Boström II Ramstedt |
| 2 | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 2 August 1905 | 7 November 1905 | 97 days | Electoral League | Lundeberg |
| 3 | Gösta Tamm (1866–1931) | 7 November 1905 | 29 May 1906 | 203 days | Free-minded | Staaff I |
| (2) | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 29 May 1906 | 17 March 1909 | 2 years, 292 days | Electoral League | Lindman I |
| 4 | Oscar Nylander (1853–1920) | 17 March 1909 | 7 October 1911 | 2 years, 204 days | Electoral League | Lindman I |
| (2) | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 7 October 1911 | 17 February 1914 | 2 years, 133 days | Free-minded | Staaff II |
| 5 | Johan Beck-Friis (1862–1929) | 17 February 1914 | 30 March 1917 | 3 years, 41 days | Independent | Hammarskjöld |
| 6 | Knut Dahlberg (1877–1949) | 30 March 1917 | 19 October 1917 | 203 days | Electoral League | Swartz |
| (2) | Alfred Petersson (1860–1920) | 19 October 1917 | 10 March 1920 | 2 years, 143 days | Free-minded | Edén |
| 7 | Olof Nilsson (1863–1928) | 10 March 1920 | 27 October 1920 | 231 days | Social Democrats | Branting I |
| 8 | Nils Hansson (1867–1945) | 27 October 1920 | 13 October 1921 | 351 days | Independent | De Geer von Sydow |
| 9 | Sven Linders (1873–1932) | 13 October 1921 | 19 April 1923 | 1 year, 188 days | Social Democrats | Branting II |
| 10 | David Pettersson (1866–1957) | 19 April 1923 | 18 October 1924 | 1 year, 182 days | Electoral League | Trygger |
| (9) | Sven Linders (1873–1932) | 18 October 1924 | 7 June 1926 | 1 year, 232 days | Social Democrats | Branting III Sandler |
| 11 | Paul Hellström (1866–1927) | 7 June 1926 | 3 July 1927 | 1 year, 26 days | Free-minded | Ekman I |
| 12 | Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962) | 12 July 1927 | 2 October 1928 | 1 year, 82 days | Free-minded | Ekman I |
| 13 | Johan Bernhard Johansson (1877–1949) | 2 October 1928 | 7 June 1930 | 1 year, 248 days | Electoral League | Lindman II |
| (12) | Bo von Stockenström (1887–1962) | 7 June 1930 | 24 September 1932 | 2 years, 109 days | Free-minded | Ekman II Hamrin |
| 14 | Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) | 24 September 1932 | 19 June 1936 | 3 years, 269 days | Social Democrats | Hansson I |
| 15 | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954) | 19 June 1936 | 31 July 1945 | 9 years, 42 days | Centre | Pehrsson-Bramstorp Hansson II Hansson III |
| (14) | Per Edvin Sköld (1891–1972) | 31 July 1945 | 29 October 1948 | 3 years, 90 days | Social Democrats | Hansson IV Erlander I |
| 16 | Gunnar Sträng (1906–1992) | 29 October 1948 | 1 October 1951 | 2 years, 337 days | Social Democrats | Erlander I |
| 17 | Sam B. Norup (1896–1973) | 1 October 1951 | 1 February 1957 | 5 years, 123 days | Centre | Erlander II |
| 18 | Bernhard Näsgård (1891–1957) | 1 February 1957 | 8 July 1957 | 157 days | Centre | Erlander II |
| 19 | Nils G. Hansson (1902–1981) | 29 July 1957 | 31 October 1957 | 94 days | Centre | Erlander II |
| 20 | Gösta Netzén (1908–1984) | 31 October 1957 | 24 November 1961 | 4 years, 24 days | Social Democrats | Erlander III |
| 21 | Eric Holmquist (1917–2009) | 24 November 1961 | 24 January 1969 | 7 years, 61 days | Social Democrats | Erlander III |
| 22 | Ingemund Bengtsson (1919–2000) | 25 January 1969 | 3 November 1973 | 4 years, 282 days | Social Democrats | Erlander III Palme I |
| 23 | Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991) | 3 November 1973 | 8 October 1976 | 2 years, 340 days | Social Democrats | Palme I |
| 24 | Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986) | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | 2 years, 10 days | Centre | Fälldin I |
| 25 | Eric Enlund (1918–2011) | 18 October 1978 | 12 October 1979 | 359 days | Liberals | Ullsten |
| (24) | Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986) | 12 October 1979 | 4 October 1982 | 2 years, 357 days | Centre | Fälldin II Fälldin III |
| – | Claes Elmstedt (1928–2018) Acting | 4 October 1982 | 8 October 1982 | 4 days | Centre | Fälldin III |
| (23) | Svante Lundkvist (1919–1991) | 8 October 1982 | 10 October 1986 | 4 years, 2 days | Social Democrats | Palme II Carlsson I |
| 26 | Mats Hellström (born 1942) | 10 October 1986 | 4 October 1991 | 4 years, 359 days | Social Democrats | Carlsson I Carlsson II |
| 27 | Karl Erik Olsson (1938–2021) | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Centre | Bildt |
| 28 | Margareta Winberg (born 1947) | 7 October 1994 | 22 March 1996 | 1 year, 167 days | Social Democrats | Carlsson III |
| 29 | Annika Åhnberg (born 1949) | 22 March 1996 | 7 October 1998 | 2 years, 199 days | Social Democrats | Persson |
| (28) | Margareta Winberg (born 1947) | 7 October 1998 | 21 October 2002 | 4 years, 14 days | Social Democrats | Persson |
| 30 | Ann-Christin Nykvist (born 1948) | 21 October 2002 | 6 October 2006 | 3 years, 350 days | Social Democrats | Persson |
| 31 | Eskil Erlandsson (born 1957) | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | 3 years, 364 days | Centre | Reinfeldt |

### Rural affairs (2010–2021)

| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political party | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| 1 | | Eskil Erlandsson (1957–) | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | 3 years, 363 days | Centre | | Reinfeldt |
| 2 | | Sven-Erik Bucht (born 1954) | 3 October 2014 | 21 January 2019 | 4 years, 110 days | Social Democrats | | Löfven (I) |
| 3 | | Jennie Nilsson (1972–) | 21 January 2019 | 30 June 2021 | 2 years, 160 days | Social Democrats | | Löfven (II) |
| - | | Ibrahim Baylan (acting) (1972–) | 30 June 2021 | 9 July 2021 | 9 days | Social Democrats | | Löfven (II) |

### Responsibility for rural affairs (2021)

| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Political party | Title | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political party | Title | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| | | Ibrahim Baylan (1972–) | 9 July 2021 | 30 November 2021 | 144 days | Social Democrats | Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation | | Löfven (III) |

### Rural affairs (2021–)

| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political party | Cabinet | Cabinet |
| | | Anna-Caren Sätherberg (1964–) | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | | Andersson |
| | | Peter Kullgren (1981–) | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 143 days | Christian Democrats | | Kristersson |