Minister for the Environment (Sweden)

Minister for the Environment Sveriges miljöminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Karolina Skog since 25 May 2016
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Birgitta Dahl
Formation	1 October 1987
Website	Ministry of the Environment

The Minister for the Environment (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for the Environment) is a member and minister of the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister heads the Ministry for the Environment and is responsible for environmental issues and construction. The minister also has the overall responsibility for coordinating the government's work on sustainable development.

The office was founded in 1987, and its first holder was Birgitta Dahl.

List of Ministers for the Environment

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  Independent     Social Democratic     Moderate     Centre     Left     Liberals     Christian Democrats     Green     Sweden Democrats  

No.	Portrait	Minister (Born–Died)	Tenure			Political party	Prime Minister
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Birgitta Dahl (born 1937)	20 September 1987 (1987-09-20)	4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)		Social Democratic	Ingvar Carlsson (S)
2		Olof Johansson (born 1937)	4 October 1991 (1991-10-04)	16 June 1994 (1994-06-16)		Centre	Carl Bildt (M)
3	Görel Thurdin	Görel Thurdin (born 1942)	16 June 1994 (1994-06-16)	2 October 1994 (1994-10-02)		Centre	Carl Bildt (M)
–	Karl Erik Olsson	Karl Erik Olsson (Acting) (born 1938)	2 October 1994 (1994-10-02)	7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)		Centre	Carl Bildt (M)
4		Anna Lindh (1957–2003)	7 October 1994 (1994-10-07)	7 October 1998 (1998-10-07)		Social Democratic	Ingvar Carlsson (S) (1994 – 1996) Göran Persson (S) (1996 – 1998)
5	Kjell Larsson	Kjell Larsson (1943–2002)	7 October 1998 (1998-10-07)	21 October 2002 (2002-10-21)		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
6		Lena Sommestad (born 1957)	21 October 2002 (2002-10-21)	31 October 2004 (2004-10-31)		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
7		Mona Sahlin (born 1957)	1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)	6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
8		Andreas Carlgren (born 1958)	6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)	29 September 2011 (2011-09-29)		Centre	Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)
9		Lena Ek (born 1958)	29 September 2011 (2011-09-29)	3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)		Centre	Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)
10		Åsa Romson (born 1972)	October 3, 2014	May 25, 2016		Green	Stefan Löfven (S)
11		Karolina Skog (born 1978)	May 25, 2016	Incumbent		Green	Stefan Löfven (S)

See also

• Ministry for the Environment
• Government of Sweden