# Reinfeldt cabinet

The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt (Swedish: Regeringen Reinfeldt) was the cabinet of Sweden from 2006 to 2014. It was a coalition cabinet consisting of the four parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden: the Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats.
The cabinet was installed on 6 October 2006, following the 2006 general election which ousted the Social Democrats after twelve years in power. It retained power after the 2010 general election as a minority government, and was the longest-serving consecutive non-social democratic government since the cabinet of Erik Gustaf Boström in 1900. It was led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderate Party.

## Ministers

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister's Office ||||||
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Deputy Prime Minister not a separate minister post | Maud Olofsson | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | Centre |
| Deputy Prime Minister not a separate minister post | Jan Björklund | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Liberals |
| Minister for European Affairs | Cecilia Malmström | 6 October 2006 | 22 January 2010 | Liberals |
| Minister for European Affairs | Birgitta Ohlsson | 2 February 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Liberals |
| Ministry of Justice ||||||
| Minister for Justice | Beatrice Ask | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy | Tobias Billström | 6 October 2006 | 29 September 2014 | Moderate |
| Ministry for Foreign Affairs ||||||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Carl Bildt | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Maria Borelius | 6 October 2006 | 14 October 2006 | Moderate |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Sten Tolgfors | 24 October 2006 | 6 September 2007 | Moderate |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Ewa Björling | 12 September 2007 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Minister for International Development Cooperation | Gunilla Carlsson | 6 October 2006 | 17 September 2013 | Moderate |
| Minister for International Development Cooperation | Hillevi Engström | 17 September 2013 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Ministry of Defence ||||||
| Minister for Defence | Mikael Odenberg | 6 October 2006 | 5 September 2007 | Moderate |
| Minister for Defence | Sten Tolgfors | 5 September 2007 | 29 March 2012 | Moderate |
| Minister for Defence | Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd | 29 March 2012 | 18 April 2012 | Moderate |
| Minister for Defence | Karin Enström | 18 April 2012 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Ministry of Health and Social Affairs ||||||
| Minister for Health and Social Affairs | Göran Hägglund | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | Christian Democrats |
| Minister for Elderly and Children Welfare | Maria Larsson | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | Christian Democrats |
| Minister for Public Administration and Housing | Stefan Attefall | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Christian Democrats |
| Minister for Social Security | Cristina Husmark Pehrsson | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | Moderate |
| Minister for Social Security | Ulf Kristersson | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Ministry of Finance ||||||
| Minister for Finance | Anders Borg | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Minister for Financial Markets | Mats Odell | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | Christian Democrats |
| Minister for Financial Markets | Peter Norman | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Ministry of Education and Research ||||||
| Minister for Education | Lars Leijonborg | 6 October 2006 | 12 September 2007 | Liberals |
| Minister for Education | Jan Björklund | 12 September 2007 | 3 October 2014 | Liberals |
| Minister for Schools | Jan Björklund | 6 October 2006 | 12 September 2007 | Liberals |
| Minister for Higher Education and Research | Lars Leijonborg | 12 September 2007 | 17 June 2009 | Liberals |
| Minister for Higher Education and Research | Tobias Krantz | 17 June 2009 | 5 October 2010 | Liberals |
| Minister for Gender Equality | Nyamko Sabuni | 5 October 2010 | 21 January 2013 | Liberals |
| Minister for Gender Equality | Maria Arnholm | 21 January 2013 | 3 October 2014 | Liberals |
| Ministry of Agriculture ||||||
| Minister for Agriculture | Eskil Erlandsson | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | Centre |
| Ministry of the Environment ||||||
| Minister for the Environment | Andreas Carlgren | 6 October 2006 | 29 September 2011 | Centre |
| Minister for the Environment | Lena Ek | 29 September 2011 | 3 October 2014 | Centre |
| Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications ||||||
| Minister for Enterprise | Maud Olofsson | 6 October 2006 | 29 September 2011 | Centre |
| Minister for Enterprise | Annie Lööf | 29 September 2011 | 3 October 2014 | Centre |
| Minister of IT and Energy | Anna-Karin Hatt | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Centre |
| Minister for Infrastructure | Åsa Torstensson | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | Centre |
| Minister for Infrastructure | Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality ||||||
| Minister for Integration and Gender Equality | Nyamko Sabuni | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | Liberals |
| Ministry of Culture ||||||
| Minister for Culture | Cecilia Stegö Chilò | 6 October 2006 | 16 October 2006 | Moderate |
| Minister for Culture | Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth | 24 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Ministry of Employment ||||||
| Minister for Employment | Sven Otto Littorin | 6 October 2006 | 7 July 2010 | Moderate |
| Minister for Employment | Tobias Billström | 7 July 2010 | 5 October 2010 | Moderate |
| Minister for Employment | Hillevi Engström | 5 October 2010 | 17 September 2013 | Moderate |
| Minister for Employment | Elisabeth Svantesson | 17 September 2013 | 3 October 2014 | Moderate |
| Minister for Integration | Erik Ullenhag | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Liberals |

## Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:
| Moderate Party | 13 |
| Centre Party | 4 |
| Liberal People's Party | 4 |
| Christian Democrats | 3 |

## New ministries

* Ministry of Employment, belonged to the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications in the cabinet of Göran Persson.
* Ministry of Culture, belonged to the Ministry of Education and Culture in the cabinet of Göran Persson.
* Ministry of Environment was before called the Ministry of Sustainable Development.
* Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality, belonged to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Göran Persson.

## Policy of the cabinet

The new government was presented on 6 October 2006. The following reforms were proposed:
* Communication and transportation:
** The tax on automotive fuels will be raised because of inflation adjustment, by 9 öre per litre for gasoline and 6 öre per litre for diesel (excluding VAT).
* Culture:
** The new government plans to reintroduce entrance fees to the country's 21 state-operated museums.
** Third-party liability premiums for vehicle insurance will be raised.
** The current operator's license for the public service broadcasters Sveriges Television, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio will come up for renegotiation in three years, instead of six as negotiated with the outgoing government.
* Education:
** The reform of the secondary education (gymnasium) which was to take effect from 1 January 2007 will be scrapped and instead the new government will start planning for a deeper reform to take place some time before 2010.
* Government agencies:
** The following government agencies will be closed down: Swedish Integration Board (Swedish: Integrationsverket), National Institute for Working Life (Swedish: Arbetslivsinstitutet), Swedish Animal Welfare Agency (Swedish: Djurskyddsmyndigheten) and the County Labour Boards (Swedish: länsarbetsnämnderna).
** All agencies are being scrutinized for reformation.
** Heads of agencies to be made into merit based appointments.
* Foreign aid:
** The monetary foreign aid's goal and what countries receiving aid is being reconsidered.

## Implemented reforms

* Working tax cuts
* Considerably raised fees for unemployment funds, linked to the rate of unemployment among the members of each fund (introduced January 2007, abolished January 2014) resulting in large membership losses of unemployment funds and trade unions
* Municipal allowance
* Deduction for certain household services, so-called RUT deduction
* Abolished compulsory military service
* High Schools reforms and new grading system for the entire school system
* Reforming the legal framework of the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA-law)
* Implemented the Enforcement Directive (IPRED)
* Defence Act of 2009
* Abolished the state monopoly on pharmaceuticals
* Deregulated railroad traffic
* Radio frequencies for mobile broadband in 800 MHz band
* Liberalisation of the Alcohol Law
* Abolition of the Swedish Cinema Office
* Abolition of compulsory student union
* Deductability of gifts to nonprofit organisations
* Reforms of the health insurance system
* Decreased restaurant VAT from 25 to 12 percent, to the same level as for any other food.
* Legalisation of same-sex marriage
* Corporate tax rate lowered from 26.3% to 22%.

## Controversies and resignations

On 7 October 2006, the day after the new cabinet was announced two of the ministers, the Minister of Foreign Trade Maria Borelius and the Minister for Culture Cecilia Stegö Chilò, admitted that they had previously employed persons to take care of their children without paying the appropriate taxes. On 11 October 2006 it came to light that Cecilia Stegö Chilò and her husband had not paid their TV license for the last 16 years. On 12 October 2006 it emerged that two other ministers in the cabinet had neglected to pay the television license; Maria Borelius and the Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Tobias Billström. Radiotjänst i Kiruna AB, the private agency tasked with collecting the license fee, filed criminal charges against Cecilia Stegö Chilò, Maria Borelius and Tobias Billström.
On 14 October 2006 Maria Borelius resigned as Minister of Foreign Trade. On 16 October 2006, just two days after Maria Borelius' resignation, Minister for Culture Cecilia Stegö Chilò resigned as well.
The Minister for Defence, Mikael Odenberg, resigned on 5 September 2007 as he thought the budget cuts his department would face were to high.
On 29 March 2012 Minister for Defence, Sten Tolgfors, resigned due to Project Simoom.

## Public perception

In public opinion survey conducted by Aftonbladet/Sifo in late 2006, the Swedish public was asked to rate each of the new ministers on a 5-graded scale. The average result for the 22 ministers was 2.93. This is higher than any of the rates that the Social Democratic Persson cabinet ever received during its years in power, and the highest ratings ever since the surveys started in 1996.
From the 2006 Swedish general election the opinions for the Reinfeldt cabinet have declined steadily from a level of about 51% down to a level about 40%, which election researchers generally explain as more than what could be expected due to normal inter-election popularity fall. Center-right newspapers in Sweden criticize the cabinet for not being pedagogically proficient, while the opposition newspapers just connects the impopularity of the cabinet with the scandals and the performed practical politics.