Minister for Justice (Sweden)

Minister for Justice of Sweden Statsråd och chef för Justitiedepartementet
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Morgan Johansson since 3 October 2014
Ministry of Justice
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term, Serves at the discretion of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Louis Gerhard De Geer
Formation	20 March 1876
Deputy	State Secretary for Justice
Website	www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/584

The Minister for Justice (Swedish: justitieminister) is the justice minister of Sweden and head of the Ministry of Justice. The current Minister for Justice is Morgan Johansson of the Social Democratic Party.

History

The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional Instrument of Government promulgated in the same year. Until 1876 the office was called Prime Minister for Justice (Swedish: justitiestatsminister), similar to the office of Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs (Swedish: utrikesstatsminister). Until 1840, the Prime Minister for Justice also served as a member of the Supreme Court. Following the ministry reform in 1840, the Prime Minister for Justice became head of the newly instituted Ministry of Justice. In 1876 the office proper of Prime Minister of Sweden was created and at the same time the Minister for Justice was created. Before 1876 the Prime Minister for Justice had in practice been granted exclusively to members of the most prominent noble families.

List of officeholders

Prime Ministers for Justice (1809–1876)

Swedish Cabinet Holding Parties - Color key:

Independent/unaffiliated   Lantmanna Party   Protectionist Majority Party   National Party   Liberal Coalition Party   Social Democratic Party   Freeminded People's Party   Liberal Party   Centre Party   Liberal People's Party   Moderate Party   Christian Democrats

Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
Carl Axel Wachtmeister	9 June 1809	5 April 1810	Independent
Fredrik Gyllenborg	5 April 1810	18 August 1829	Independent
Mathias Rosenblad	18 August 1829	16 May 1840	Independent
Arvid Mauritz Posse	16 May 1840	5 September 1840	Independent
Carl Petter Törnebladh (acting)	5 September 1840	14 January 1841	Independent
Carl Petter Törnebladh	14 January 1841	5 January 1843	Independent
Lars Herman Gyllenhaal	5 January 1843	28 December 1844	Independent
Johan Nordenfalk	28 December 1844	9 March 1846	Independent
Arvid Mauritz Posse	23 March 1846	10 April 1848	Independent
Gustaf Sparre	10 April 1848	25 September 1856	Independent
Claës Günther	25 September 1856	7 April 1858	Independent
Louis De Geer	7 April 1858	3 June 1870	Independent
Axel Adlercreutz	3 June 1870	8 April 1874	Independent
Edvard Carleson	4 May 1874	11 May 1875	Independent
Louis De Geer	11 May 1875	20 March 1876	Independent

Ministers for Justice (1876–present)

Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
Louis De Geer	20 March 1876	6 June 1879	Independent
Ludvig Almqvist	6 June 1879	19 April 1880	Independent
Nils von Steyern	19 April 1880	6 February 1888	Independent
Axel Bergström	6 February 1888	28 September 1888	Independent
Carl Gustaf Axel Örbom	28 September 1888	30 May 1889	Independent
August Östergren	12 June 1889	5 February 1896	Independent
Ludvig Annerstedt	5 February 1896	5 December 1901	Independent
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld	5 December 1901	5 July 1902	Independent
Ossian Berger	5 July 1902	2 August 1905	Lantmanna Party
Gustaf Berg	2 August 1905	7 November 1905	Protectionist Party
Karl Staaff	7 November 1905	29 May 1906	Liberal Coalition Party
Albert Petersson	29 May 1906	7 October 1911	General Electoral League
Gustaf Sandström	7 October 1911	17 February 1914	Liberal Coalition Party
Berndt Hasselrot	17 February 1914	30 March 1917	Independent
Steno Stenberg	30 March 1917	19 October 1917	General Electoral League
Eliel Löfgren	19 October 1917	10 March 1920	Liberal Coalition Party
Östen Undén	10 March 1920	30 June 1920	Social Democrats
Assar Åkerman	30 June 1920	27 October 1920	Social Democrats
Birger Ekeberg	27 October 1920	13 October 1921	Independent
Assar Åkerman	13 October 1921	19 April 1923	Social Democrats
Birger Ekeberg	19 April 1923	18 October 1924	Independent
Torsten Nothin	18 October 1924	7 June 1926	Social Democrats
Johan Thyrén	7 June 1926	2 October 1928	Freeminded People's Party
Georg Bissmark	2 October 1928	7 June 1930	General Electoral League
Natanael Gärde	7 June 1930	24 September 1932	Independent
Karl Schlyter	24 September 1932	19 June 1936	Social Democrats
Thorwald Bergquist	19 June 1936	28 September 1936	Independent
Karl Gustaf Westman	28 September 1936	29 August 1943	Farmer's League
Thorwald Bergquist	30 August 1943	31 July 1945	People's Party
Herman Zetterberg	31 July 1945	30 September 1957	Social Democrats
Ingvar Lindell	1 October 1957	30 November 1959	Social Democrats
Herman Kling	1 December 1959	14 October 1969	Social Democrats
Lennart Geijer	14 October 1969	8 October 1976	Social Democrats
Sven Romanus	8 October 1976	12 October 1979	Independent
Håkan Winberg	12 October 1979	5 May 1981	Moderate Party
Carl Axel Petri	5 May 1981	8 October 1982	Independent
Ove Rainer	8 October 1982	10 November 1983	Social Democrats
Anna-Greta Leijon (acting)	10 November 1983	15 November 1983	Social Democrats
Sten Wickbom	15 November 1983	19 October 1987	Social Democrats
Anna-Greta Leijon	19 October 1987	7 June 1988	Social Democrats
Thage G. Peterson	8 June 1988	30 September 1988	Social Democrats
Laila Freivalds	4 October 1988	4 October 1991	Social Democrats
Gun Hellsvik	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	Moderate Party
Laila Freivalds	7 October 1994	21 September 2000	Social Democrats
Lena Hjelm-Wallén (acting)	21 September 2000	15 October 2000	Social Democrats
Thomas Bodström	16 October 2000	6 October 2006	Social Democrats
Beatrice Ask	6 October 2006	3 October 2014	Moderate Party
Morgan Johansson	3 October 2014	Incumbent	Social Democrats

Statistics

#	Prime Minister	Date of birth	Age at ascension (first term)	Time in office (total)	Age at retirement (last term)	Date of death	Longevity
1	Louis Gerhard De Geer	18 July 1818	57 years, 246 days	3 years, 78 days	60 years, 323 days	24 September 1896	78 years,  68 days
2	Ludvig Almqvist	4 January 1818	61 years, 153 days	318 days	62 years, 102 days	26 August 1884	66 years, 235 days
3	Nils von Steyern	29 December 1839	40 years, 112 days	7 years, 293 days	48 years, 39 days	27 May 1899	59 years, 149 days
4	Axel Bergström	20 August 1823	64 years, 170 days	235 days	65 years, 39 days	23 August 1893	70 years,   3 days
5	Axel Örbom	29 July 1836	52 years, 61 days	244 days	52 years, 305 days	30 May 1889	52 years, 305 days
6	August Östergren	28 May 1832	57 years, 15 days	6 year, 238 days	63 years, 253 days	22 October 1914	82 years, 147 days
7	Ludvig Annerstedt	7 August 1836	59 years, 182 days	5 years, 303 days	65 years, 120 days	20 November 1904	68 years, 105 days
8	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld	4 February 1862	39 years, 304 days	212 days	40 years, 151 days	12 October 1953	91 years, 250 days
9	Ossian Berger	13 February 1849	53 years, 142 days	3 years, 28 days	56 years, 170 days	28 December 1914	65 years, 318 days
10	Gustaf Berg	25 February 1844	61 years, 158 days	97 days	61 years, 255 days	12 April 1908	64 years,  47 days
11	Karl Staaff	21 January 1860	45 years, 290 days	203 days	46 years, 128 days	4 October 1915	55 years, 256 days
12	Albert Petersson	7 April 1851	55 years, 52 days	5 years, 131 days	60 years, 183 days	11 March 1938	86 years, 338 days
13	Gustaf Sandström	11 March 1865	46 years, 210 days	2 years, 133 days	48 years, 343 days	3 May 1930	65 years,  53 days
14	Berndt Hasselrot	23 March 1862	51 years, 331 days	3 years, 41 days	55 years, 7 days	14 October 1930	68 years, 205 days
15	Steno Stenberg	26 June 1870	46 years, 277 days	203 days	47 years, 115 days	1 November 1940	70 years, 128 days
16	Eliel Löfgren	15 March 1872	45 years, 218 days	2 years, 143 days	47 years, 361 days	8 April 1940	68 years,  24 days
17	Östen Undén	25 August 1886	33 years, 198 days	112 days	33 years, 310 days	14 January 1974	87 years, 142 days
18	Assar Åkerman	28 October 1860	59 years, 246 days	1 year,  307 days	62 years, 173 days	7 October 1936	75 years, 345 days
19	Birger Ekeberg	10 August 1880	478 days	2 years, 183 days	44 years, 69 days	30 November 1968	88 years, 112 days
20	Torsten Nothin	16 February 1884	40 years, 245 days	1 year,  232 days	42 years, 111 days	1 March 1972	88 years,  14 days
21	Johan Thyrén	6 April 1861	65 years, 62 days	2 years, 117 days	67 years, 179 days	4 May 1933	72 years,  28 days
22	Georg Bissmark	7 February 1871	57 years, 238 days	1 year,  248 days	59 years, 120 days	13 December 1941	70 years, 309 days
23	Natanael Gärde	27 July 1880	49 years, 315 days	2 years, 109 days	52 years, 59 days	28 January 1968	87 years, 185 days
24	Karl Schlyter	21 December 1879	52 years, 278 days	3 years, 269 days	56 years, 181 days	25 December 1959	80 years,   4 days
25	Thorwald Bergquist	1 December 1899	36 years, 201 days	2 years, 71 days	45 years, 242 days	3 December 1972	73 years,   2 days
26	Karl Gustaf Westman	18 August 1876	60 years, 41 days	6 years, 335 days	67 years, 11 days	24 January 1944	67 years, 159 days
27	Herman Zetterberg	1 July 1904	41 years, 30 days	12 years, 61 days	53 years, 91 days	18 March 1963	58 years, 260 days
28	Ingvar Lindell	23 August 1904	53 years, 39 days	2 years, 60 days	55 years, 99 days	8 February 1993	88 years, 169 days
29	Herman Kling	12 July 1913	46 years, 142 days	9 years, 317 days	56 years, 94 days	16 June 1985	71 years, 339 days
30	Lennart Geijer	14 September 1909	60 years, 30 days	6 years, 360 days	67 years, 24 days	16 June 1999	89 years, 275 days
31	Sven Romanus	19 January 1906	70 years, 263 days	3 years, 4 days	73 years, 266 days	30 April 2005	99 years, 101 days
32	Håkan Winberg	30 July 1931	48 years, 74 days	1 year,  205 days	49 years, 279 days	Living	84 years, 273 days (Living)
33	Carl Axel Petri	12 August 1929	51 years, 266 days	1 years,  156 days	53 years, 57 days	Living	86 years, 260 days (Living)
34	Ove Rainer	14 September 1925	57 years, 24 days	1 year,  33 days	58 years, 57 days	27 January 1987	61 years, 135 days
35	Sten Wickbom	14 March 1931	52 years, 246 days	3 years, 338 days	56 years, 219 days	Living	85 years,  45 days (Living)
36	Anna-Greta Leijon	30 June 1939	48 years, 111 days	232 days	48 years, 343 days	Living	76 years, 303 days (Living)
37	Thage G. Peterson	24 September 1933	54 years, 257 days	115 days	55 years, 6 days	Living	82 years, 217 days (Living)
38	Laila Freivalds	22 June 1942	46 years, 104 days	8 years, 350 days	58 years, 91 days	Living	73 years, 311 days (Living)
39	Gun Hellsvik	27 September 1942	49 years, 7 days	3 years, 4 days	52 years, 10 days	Living	73 years, 214 days (Living)
40	Thomas Bodström	9 April 1962	38 years, 190 days	5 years, 355 days	44 years, 180 days	Living	54 years,  19 days (Living)
41	Beatrice Ask	20 April 1956	50 years, 169 days	7 years, 362 days	58 years, 166 days	Living	60 years,   8 days (Living)
42	Morgan Johansson	14 May 1970	44 years, 142 days	1 year,  208 days (Ongoing)	Incumbent	Living	45 years, 350 days (Living)

See also

• Instrument of Government (1809)

External links

• Ministry of Justice, official website (English)