List of prime ministers of Sweden

Olof Palme (left), Tage Erlander (center) and Ingvar Carlsson (right) were all prime ministers of Sweden.

Prior to the creation of the office of prime minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government distinct from its head of state, the monarch, who traditionally held all executive authority. Louis De Geer, the architect of the bicameral Riksdag of 1866, which replaced the centuries-old Riksdag of the Estates, became Sweden's first prime minister in 1876. As of 2022, the prime minister of Sweden is Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party. The list below contains statistics about the tenures of each of the prime ministers of Sweden since 1876.

List of prime ministers

Before 1876, when the office of prime minister was created, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from the monarch. The most-senior member of the Privy Council during the period of absolute rule was the lord high chancellor, whose role was similar to that of a head of government. That was most evident during the so-called Age of Liberty, from 1718 to 1772, when the monarch's powers were greatly reduced and the president of the Privy Council became the dominant political figure in Sweden.

Colour key   Coalition government  /  Independent and non-partisan  /  Moderate Party and predecessors  /  Liberals and predecessors  /  Social Democrats  /  Centre Party Status key ^§ Extraordinary general election. ^† Died in office. ^‡ Assassinated in office. ^✕ Defeated by motion of no confidence.
Name (Lifespan)			Portrait	Term		Party (Alliance)	Cabinet Parties	Mandate / Election	Monarch (Reign)
				Tenure	Time in office
1		Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818–1896)		20 March 1876 – 19 April 1880	4 years, 30 days	Independent	L. G. De Geer	1875 1878	Oscar II (1872–1907)
2		Arvid Posse (1820–1901)		19 April 1880 – 13 June 1883	3 years, 55 days	Lantmanna Party	Posse	— 1881
3		Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–1891)		13 June 1883 – 16 May 1884	308 days	Independent	Thyselius	—
4		Robert Themptander (1844–1897)		16 May 1884 – 6 February 1888	3 years, 266 days	Independent	Themptander	1884
								1887a[§]
								1887b
5		Gillis Bildt (1820–1894)		6 February 1888 – 12 October 1889	1 year, 248 days	Independent	G. Bildt	—
6		Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833–1900)		12 October 1889 – 10 July 1891	1 year, 271 days	Protectionist Party	Åkerhielm	— 1890
7		Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907)		10 July 1891 – 12 September 1900	9 years, 64 days		Boström I	— 1893 1896 1899
8		Fredrik von Otter (1833–1910)		12 September 1900 – 5 July 1902	1 year, 296 days	Independent	Otter	—
(7)		Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907)		5 July 1902 – 13 April 1905	2 years, 282 days	Lantmanna Party	Boström II	— 1902
9		Johan Ramstedt (1852–1935)		13 April 1905 – 2 August 1905	111 days	Independent	Ramstedt	—
10		Christian Lundeberg (1842–1911)		2 August 1905 – 7 November 1905	97 days	Protectionist Party (General Electoral League)	Lundeberg AvF–LS	—
11		Karl Staaff (1860–1915)		7 November 1905 – 29 May 1906	203 days	Liberal Coalition Party	Staaff I LS	1905
12		Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)		29 May 1906 – 8 December 1907	5 years, 131 days	Lantmanna Party (General Electoral League)	Lindman I AvF	— 1908
				8 December 1907 – 7 October 1911					Gustaf V (1907–1950)
(11)		Karl Staaff (1860–1915)		7 October 1911 – 17 February 1914	2 years, 133 days	Liberal Coalition Party	Staaff II LS	1911
13		Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)		17 February 1914 – 30 March 1917	3 years, 41 days	Independent	Hammarskjöld	—
								1914a[§]
								1914b
14		Carl Swartz (1858–1926)		30 March 1917 – 19 October 1917	203 days	National Party (General Electoral League)	Swartz AvF	—
15		Nils Edén (1871–1945)		19 October 1917 – 10 March 1920	2 years, 143 days	Liberal Coalition Party	Edén LS–S	1917
16		Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)		10 March 1920 – 27 October 1920	231 days	Social Democrats	Branting I S	—
17		Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854–1935)		27 October 1920 – 23 February 1921	119 days	Independent	G. L. De Geer	1920
18		Oscar von Sydow (1873–1936)		23 February 1921 – 13 October 1921	232 days		von Sydow	—
(16)		Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)		13 October 1921 – 19 April 1923	1 year, 188 days	Social Democrats	Branting II S	1921[§]
19		Ernst Trygger (1857–1943)		19 April 1923 – 18 October 1924	1 year, 182 days	National Party (General Electoral League)	Trygger AvF	—
(16)		Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)		18 October 1924 – 24 January 1925	98 days	Social Democrats	Branting III S	1924
20		Rickard Sandler (1884–1964)		24 January 1925 – 7 June 1926	1 year, 134 days		Sandler S	—
21		Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)		7 June 1926 – 2 October 1928	2 years, 117 days	Freeminded People's Party	Ekman I FF–L	—
(12)		Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)		2 October 1928 – 7 June 1930	1 year, 248 days	Lantmanna Party (General Electoral League)	Lindman II AvF	1928
(21)		Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)		7 June 1930 – 6 August 1932	2 years, 60 days	Freeminded People's Party	Ekman II FF	—
22		Felix Hamrin (1875–1937)		6 August 1932 – 24 September 1932	49 days		Hamrin FF	—
23		Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)		24 September 1932 – 19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days	Social Democrats	Hansson I S	1932
24		Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954)		19 June 1936 – 28 September 1936	101 days	Farmers' League	Pehrsson-Bramstorp Bf	—
(23)		Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)		28 September 1936 – 6 October 1946[†]	10 years, 8 days	Social Democrats	Hansson II S–Bf	1936 1940 1944
							Hansson III S–Bf–H–F
							Hansson IV S
—		Östen Undén (1886–1974)		Acting Prime Minister from 6 to 11 October 1946 (5 days) following the death of Per Albin Hansson.			Hansson IV S	—
25		Tage Erlander (1901–1985)		11 October 1946 – 29 October 1950	23 years, 3 days		Erlander I S	— 1948 1952 1956 1958[§] 1960 1964 1968
				29 October 1950 – 14 October 1969					Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
							Erlander II S–Bf
							Erlander III S
26		Olof Palme (1927–1986)		14 October 1969 – 15 September 1973	6 years, 360 days		Palme I S	— 1970 1973
				15 September 1973 – 8 October 1976					Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
27		Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016)		8 October 1976 – 18 October 1978	2 years, 10 days	Centre Party	Fälldin I C–M–F	1976
28		Ola Ullsten (1931–2018)		18 October 1978 – 12 October 1979	359 days	People's Party	Ullsten F	—
(27)		Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016)		12 October 1979 – 8 October 1982	2 years, 361 days	Centre Party	Fälldin II C–M–F	1979
							Fälldin III C–F
(26)		Olof Palme (1927–1986)		8 October 1982 – 28 February 1986[‡]	3 years, 143 days	Social Democrats	Palme II S	1982 1985
—		Ingvar Carlsson (b. 1934)		Acting Prime Minister from 28 February to 12 March 1986 (12 days) following the assassination of Olof Palme.		Social Democrats	Palme II S	— 1988
29				12 March 1986 – 4 October 1991	5 years, 206 days		Carlsson I S
							Carlsson II S
30		Carl Bildt (b. 1949)		4 October 1991 – 7 October 1994	3 years, 3 days	Moderate Party	C. Bildt M–C–FP–KD	1991
(29)		Ingvar Carlsson (b. 1934)		7 October 1994 – 22 March 1996	1 year, 167 days	Social Democrats	Carlsson III S	1994
31		Göran Persson (b. 1949)		22 March 1996 – 6 October 2006	10 years, 198 days		Persson S	— 1998 2002
32		Fredrik Reinfeldt (b. 1965)		6 October 2006 – 3 October 2014	7 years, 362 days	Moderate Party (Alliance for Sweden)	Reinfeldt M–C–FP–KD	2006 2010
33		Stefan Löfven (b. 1957)		3 October 2014 – 30 November 2021	7 years, 58 days	Social Democrats	Löfven I[✕] S–MP	2014 2018
							Löfven II[✕] S–MP
							Löfven III S–MP
34		Magdalena Andersson (b. 1967)		30 November 2021 – 18 October 2022	322 days		Andersson S	—
35		Ulf Kristersson (b. 1963)		18 October 2022 – Incumbent	2 years, 13 days	Moderate Party	Kristersson M–KD–L	2022

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See also

• Prime Minister of Sweden
• Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• Swedish governmental line of succession
• Elections in Sweden
• List of cabinets of Sweden
• List of Swedish politicians
• List of Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Sweden