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(Foreign Minister)

Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and responsible for Sweden's relations with foreign countries as well as with intergovernmental and other international organizations.

The Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs is the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the head of authority of the foreign representation. In addition, the minister is responsible for Sweden's relations with foreign countries as well as with intergovernmental and other international organizations.

The minister for foreign affairs is not only the head of the ministry, but is also the head of the entire foreign service, and this is where Swedish diplomats and ambassadors abroad report. As head of government, the minister for foreign affairs is not subject to the general ban on ministerial rule, and is the only one of the Swedish ministers to hold this position.[1]


 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

NameFromToDescription
Ann Linde10 September 2019
Margot Wallström3 October 201410 September 2019
Carl Bildt6 October 20063 October 2014
Jan Eliasson24 April 20066 October 2006
Laila Freivalds10 October 200321 March 2006
Anna Lindh7 October 199811 September 2003Assassinated in office 4 months after attending the 2003 Bilderberg
Ola Ullsten12 October 19798 October 1982
Hans Blix18 October 197812 October 1979
Sven Andersson3 November 19738 October 1976
Krister Wickman19711973
Rickard Sandler28 September 193613 December 1939
Rickard Sandler24 September 193219 June 1936
Knut Agathon Wallenberg19141917
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