On Friday 3 October, a Change of Government Council was held in the Cabinet Meeting Room at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. The King chairs cabinet meetings, and The Crown Princess also attends when the new Government meets and the formal change of Government takes place.
The new Government meets for the first time at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. Photo: royalcourt.se
The King and The Crown Princess greeted the new cabinet. Speaker Urban Ahlin spoke about the formation of the Government, after which The King declared that a change of Government had taken place in accordance with chapter 6, § 6 of the constitution.
After the meeting, The King and Queen hosted a cabinet lunch in Princess Sibylla's Apartments.
Sweden's new Government is led by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, and consists of 23 ministers in addition to the Prime Minister.
The first minister at each ministry is the cabinet minister
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister
Stefan Löfven (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Minister for Strategy, Future Issues and Nordic Cooperation
Kristina Persson (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Ministry of Justice
Minister for Justice and Migration
Morgan Johansson (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Minister for Home Affairs
Anders Ygeman (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Margot Wallström (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Minister for International Development Cooperation
Isabella Lövin (Green Party)
Ministry of Defence
Minister for Defence
Peter Hultqvist (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Minister for Social Security
Annika Strandhäll (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Minister for Public Health, Health Care and Sport
Gabriel Wikström (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Minister for Children, the Elderly and Gender Equality
Åsa Regnér (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Ministry of Finance
Minister for Finance
Magdalena Andersson (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Minister for Financial Markets and Consumer Affairs (and Deputy Minister for Finance)
Per Bolund (Green Party)
Minister for Public Administration
Ardalan Shekarabi (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Ministry of Education and Research
Minister for Education
Gustav Fridolin (Green Party)
Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training
Aida Hadzialic (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Minister for Higher Education and Research
Helène Hellmark Knutsson (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Ministry of the Environment
Minister for Climate and the Environment (and Deputy Prime Minister)
Åsa Romson (Green Party)
Minister for Energy
Ibrahim Baylan (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Ministry of Enterprise
Minister for Enterprise and Innovation
Mikael Damberg (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Minister for Housing and Urban Development
Mehmet Kaplan (Green Party)
Minister for Infrastructure
Anna Johansson (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Minister for Rural Affairs
Sven-Erik Bucht (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
Ministry of Culture
Minister for Culture and Democracy
Alice Bah Kuhnke (Green Party)
Ministry of Employment
Minister for Employment
Ylva Johansson (Swedish Social Democratic Party)