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{{Infobox official post
|post            = Minister for Defence
|body            = Sweden
|native_name     = ''Statsråd och chef för försvarsdepartementet''
|flag            = Kommandotecken Försvarsministern.svg
|flagsize        = 150px
|flagborder      = 
|flagcaption     = Command Sign
|insignia        = Försvarsdepartementet vapen.svg
|insigniasize    = 150px
|insigniacaption = Ministry coat of arms
|department      = [[Ministry of Defence (Sweden)|Ministry of Defence]]
|image           = Pål Jonson in the United States, 2023 - (cropped).jpg
|alt             = 
|incumbent       = [[Pål Jonson]]
|incumbentsince  = 18 October 2022
|style           = ''Herr statsråd''
|member_of       = [[Government of Sweden]]<br>[[National Security Council (Sweden)|National Security Council]]
|reports_to      = [[Prime Minister of Sweden|The Prime Minister]]
|residence       = 
|nominator       = 
|appointer       = [[Prime Minister of Sweden|The Prime Minister]]<br/><small>was technically appointed by the [[Monarchy of Sweden|King]] prior to 1975</small>
|termlength      = No fixed term,<br/><small>{{nobreak|serves at the Prime Minister's discretion}}</small>
|inaugural       = [[Per Albin Hansson]]
|formation       = 1920
|last            = 
|abolished       = 
|succession      = 
|deputy          = State Secretary for Defence
|salary          = 
|website         = [http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2060 www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2060]
}}

The '''Minister for Defence of [[Sweden]]''' ({{langx|sv|försvarsminister}}; formal title: {{langx|sv|statsråd och chef för försvarsdepartementet}}) is a member of the [[Government of Sweden]] ({{langx|sv|Regeringen}}). The Minister heads the [[Ministry of Defence (Sweden)|Ministry for Defence]] and is appointed and dismissed at the sole discretion of the [[Prime Minister of Sweden|prime minister of Sweden]].

Although the Minister for Defence heads the Ministry of Defence, the Minister cannot as a general rule issue directives in his/her own right to the [[Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces|Supreme Commander]] or any other agency director-general in the defence portfolio due to the [[Ministerstyre|Swedish prohibition on ministerial rule]], unless such authority is provided for in specific statutory provisions.

Between 1840 and 1920, what corresponds to the Ministry for Defence today, was divided in two separate ministries with their own minister: one for [[Swedish Army|Army affairs]], the [[Ministry of Land Defence]], and one for [[Swedish Navy|Naval affairs]], the [[Ministry for Naval Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry for Naval Affairs]].

The current Minister for Defence is [[Pål Jonson]], who was appointed on 18 October 2022.

==List of Swedish Ministers for Defence==

===Ministers for War (1840-1920)===
*1840 - 1840 [[Bror Cederström]] (1780–1877)
*1840 - 1843 [[Axel Otto Mörner]] (1774–1852)
*1843 - 1844 [[Arfved Lovisin]] (1772–1847)
*1844 - 1848 [[Gustaf Peyron]] (1783–1852)
*1848 - 1853 [[Carl Ludvig von Hohenhausen]] (1787–1866)
*1853 - 1858 [[Nils Gyldenstolpe (1799–1864)|Nils Gyldenstolpe]] (1799–1864)
*1858 - 1862 [[Magnus Björnstjerna (politician)|Magnus Björnstjerna]] (1805–98)
*1862 - 1867 [[Alexander Reuterskiöld]] (1804–91)
*1867 - 1871 [[Gustaf Abelin]] (1819–1903)
*1871 - 1877 [[Oscar Weidenhielm]] (1816–84)
*1877 - 1880 [[Henrik Rosensvärd]] (1816–90)
*1880 - 1882 [[Otto Taube]] (1832–1906)
*1882 - 1887 [[Axel Ryding]] (1831–97)
*1887 - 1888 [[Gustaf Oscar Peyron]] (1828–1915)
*1888 - 1892 [[Hjalmar Palmstierna]] (1836–1909)
*1892 - 1899 [[Axel Rappe (born 1838)|Axel Rappe]] (1838–1918)
*1899 - 1903 [[Jesper Crusebjörn]] (1843–1904)
*1903 - 1905 [[Otto Virgin]] (1852–1922)
*1905 - 1907 [[Lars Tingsten]] (1857–1937), nonpolitical
*1907 - 1907 [[Arvid Lindman]] (1862–1936), [[Moderate Party|Rightist Party]]
*1907 - 1911 [[Olof Malm]] (1851–1939), [[Moderate Party|Rightist Party]]
*1911 - 1914 [[David Bergström]] (1858–1946), [[Liberal Coalition Party|Liberal]]
*1914 - 1914 [[Hjalmar Hammarskjöld]] (1862–1953), nonpolitical
*1914 - 1917 [[Emil Mörcke]] (1861–1951), nonpolitical
*1917 - 1917 [[Joachim Åkerman]] (1868–1958), [[Moderate Party|Rightist Party]]
*1917 - 1920 [[Erik Nilson]] (1862–1925), [[Liberal Coalition Party|Liberal]]
*1920 - 1920 [[Per Albin Hansson]] (1885–1946), [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]]

===Ministers for Naval Affairs (1840-1920)===
*1840 - 1844 [[Johan Lagerbjelke]] (1778–1856)
*1844 - 1848 [[Carl August Gyllengranat]] (1787–1864)
*1848 - 1849 [[Johan Fredrik Ehrenstam]] (1800–49)
*1849 - 1852 [[Baltzar von Platen (1804-1875)|Baltzar von Platen]] (1804–75)
*1852 - 1857 [[Carl Ulner]] (1796–1859)
*1857 - 1862 [[Carl Magnus Ehnemark]] (1803–74)
*1862 - 1868 [[Baltzar von Platen (1804-1875)|Baltzar von Platen]] (1804–75)
*1868 - 1870 [[Magnus Thulstrup]] (1805–81)
*1870 - 1874 [[Abraham Leijonhufvud]] (1823–1911)
*1874 - 1880 [[Fredrik von Otter]] (1833–1910)
*1880 - 1892 [[Carl-Gustaf von Otter]] (1827–1900)
*1892 - 1898 [[Jarl Christersson]] (1833–1922)
*1898 - 1901 [[Gerhard Dyrssen]] (1854–1938)
*1901 - 1905 [[Louis Palander]] (1842–1920)
*1905 - 1905 [[Arvid Lindman]] (1862–1936)
*1905 - 1906 [[Ludvig Sidner]] (1851–1917), [[Liberal Coalition Party|Liberal]]
*1906 - 1907 [[Wilhelm Dyrssen]] (1858–1929), [[Moderate Party|Rightist Party]]
*1907 - 1910 [[Carl August Ehrensvärd (1858–1944)|Carl-August Ehrensvärd]] (1858–1933), [[Moderate Party|Rightist Party]]
*1910 - 1911 [[Henning von Krusenstierna]] (1862–1933), [[Moderate Party|Rightist Party]]
*1911 - 1914 [[Jacob Larsson (politician)|Jacob Larsson]] (1851–1940), [[Liberal Coalition Party|Liberal]]
*1914 - 1917 [[Dan Boström]] (1870–1925), nonpolitical
*1917 - 1917 [[Hans Ericson]] (1868–1945), [[Moderate Party|Rightist Party]]
*1917 - 1920 [[Erik Palmstierna]] (1877–1959), [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]]
*1920 - 1920 [[Bernhard Eriksson]] (1878–1952), [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]]

===Ministers for Defence (1920-)===
'''Parties'''
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{{legend|#EEEEEE|[[Independent (politician)|No party]]}}
{{legend|{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}|[[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrat]]}}
{{legend|{{party color|Moderate Party}}|[[Conservative]] / [[Moderate Party]]}}
{{legend|{{party color|Liberal People's Party (Sweden)}}|[[Liberalism|Liberal]] / [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|People's Party]]}}
{{legend|{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}|[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]}}
{{div col end}}
'''Status'''
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
{{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes [[acting (law)|acting]] Minister for Defence}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 width=3%| No.
! rowspan=2 width=3% | Portrait
! rowspan=2 width=20% | Minister<br>{{small|(Born–Died)}}
! colspan=3 | Tenure
! rowspan=2 width=15% | Political party
! rowspan=2 width=10%| [[List of cabinets of Sweden|Cabinet]]
|-
! width=11%| Took office
! width=11%| Left office
! width=11%| Duration
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 1
| image               = Per Albin Hansson, statsminister, porträttbild 1935.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Per Albin Hansson]]
| born_year           = 1885
| died_year           = 1946
| term_start          = 1 July 1920
| term_end            = 27 October 1920
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1920|7|1|1920|10|27}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Branting I
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 2
| image               = Carl-Gustaf Hammarskjöld.JPG
| officeholder        = [[Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld]]
| born_year           = 1865
| died_year           = 1940
| term_start          = 27 October 1920
| term_end            = 6 June 1921
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1920|10|27|1921|6|6}}
| alt_party           = General Electoral League
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = De Geer
  }}
| cabinet2            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Von Sydow
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 3
| image               = Otto Emil Lybeck Fo157029.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Otto Lybeck]]
| born_year           = 1871
| died_year           = 1947
| term_start          = 6 June 1921
| term_end            = 13 October 1921
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1921|6|6|1921|10|13}}
| alt_party           = Independent (politician)
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Von Sydow
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = (1)
| image               = Per Albin Hansson, statsminister, porträttbild 1935.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Per Albin Hansson]]
| born_year           = 1885
| died_year           = 1946
| term_start          = 13 October 1921
| term_end            = 19 April 1923
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1921|10|13|1923|4|19}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Branting II
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 4
| image               = Carl Malmroth.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Carl Malmroth]]
| born_year           = 1874
| died_year           = 1934
| term_start          = 19 April 1923
| term_end            = 18 October 1924
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1923|4|19|1924|10|18}}
| alt_party           = Independent (politician)
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Trygger
  | party     = General Electoral League
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = (1)
| image               = Per Albin Hansson, statsminister, porträttbild 1935.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Per Albin Hansson]]
| born_year           = 1885
| died_year           = 1946
| term_start          = 18 October 1924
| term_end            = 7 June 1926
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1924|10|18|1926|6|7}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Branting III
  }}
| cabinet2            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Sandler
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 5
| image               = Gustav Rosén - Sveriges styresmän.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Gustav Rosén]]
| born_year           = 1876
| died_year           = 1942
| term_start          = 7 June 1926
| term_end            = 2 October 1928
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1926|6|7|1928|10|2}}
| alt_party           = Liberal Party of Sweden
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Ekman I
  | party     = Freeminded People's Party (Sweden)
  | party2    = Liberal Party of Sweden
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 6
| image               = Försvarsmin Harald Malmberg 1959.JPG
| officeholder        = [[Harald Malmberg]]
| born_year           = 1879
| died_year           = 1948
| term_start          = 2 October 1928
| term_end            = 7 June 1930
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1928|10|2|1930|6|7}}
| alt_party           = General Electoral League
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Lindman II
  | party     = General Electoral League
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 7
| image               = Carl Gustaf Ekman.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Carl Gustaf Ekman]]
| born_year           = 1872
| died_year           = 1945
| term_start          = 7 June 1930
| term_end            = 19 June 1931
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1930|6|7|1931|6|19}}
| alt_party           = Freeminded People's Party (Sweden)
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Ekman II
  | party     = Freeminded People's Party (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 8
| image               = Anton Rundqvist.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Anton Rundqvist]]
| born_year           = 1885
| died_year           = 1973
| term_start          = 19 June 1931
| term_end            = 24 September 1932
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1931|6|19|1932|9|24}}
| alt_party           = Independent (politician)
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Hamrin
  | party     = Freeminded People's Party (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 9
| image               = Ivar Vennerström - Sveriges styresmän.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Ivar Vennerström]]
| born_year           = 1881
| died_year           = 1945
| term_start          = 4 September 1932
| term_end            = 19 June 1936
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1932|9|24|1936|6|19}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Hansson I
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 10
| image               = Janne Nilsson - Sveriges styresmän.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Janne Nilsson]]
| born_year           = 1882
| died_year           = 1938
| term_start          = 19 June 1936
| term_end            = 9 December 1938
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1936|6|19|1938|12|9}}
| alt_party           = Farmers' League (Sweden)
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Pehrsson-Bramstorp
  | party     = Farmers' League (Sweden)
  }}
| cabinet2            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Hansson II
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  | party2    = Farmers' League (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 11
| image               = Per Edvin Sköld - Sveriges styresmän.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Per Edvin Sköld]]
| born_year           = 1891
| died_year           = 1972
| term_start          = 16 December 1938
| term_end            = 31 July 1945
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1938|12|16|1945|7|31}} 
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Hansson II
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  | party2    = Farmers' League (Sweden)
  }}
| cabinet2            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Hansson III
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  | party2    = Farmers' League (Sweden)
  | party3    = National Organization of the Right
  | party4    = People's Party (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 12
| image               = Allan Vougt.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Allan Vougt]]
| born_year           = 1895
| died_year           = 1953
| term_start          = 31 July 1945
| term_end            = 1 October 1951
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1945|7|31|1951|10|1}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Hansson IV
  }}
| cabinet2            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Erlander I
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 13
| image               = Torsten Nilsson.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Torsten Nilsson]]
| born_year           = 1905
| died_year           = 1997
| term_start          = 1 October 1951
| term_end            = 22 March 1957
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1951|10|1|1957|3|22}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Erlander II
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  | party2    = Farmers' League (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 14
| image               = Försvarsminister Sven Andersson.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Sven Andersson (politician)|Sven Andersson]]
| born_year           = 1910
| died_year           = 1987
| term_start          = 22 March 1957
| term_end            = 31 October 1973
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1957|3|22|1973|10|31}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Erlander II
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  | party2    = Farmers' League (Sweden)
  }}
| cabinet2            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Erlander III
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
| cabinet3            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Palme I
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 15
| officeholder        = [[Eric Holmqvist]]
| born_year           = 1917
| died_year           = 2009
| term_start          = 31 October 1973
| term_end            = 8 October 1976
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1973|10|31|1976|10|8}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Palme I
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 16
| officeholder        = [[Eric Krönmark]]
| born_year           = 1931
| died_year           = 2024
| term_start          = 8 October 1976
| term_end            = 18 October 1978
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1976|10|8|1978|10|18}}
| alt_party           = Moderate Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Fälldin I
  | party     = Centre Party (Sweden)
  | party2    = Moderate Party
  | party3    = People's Party (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 17
| officeholder        = [[Lars de Geer]]
| born_year           = 1922
| died_year           = 2002
| term_start          = 18 October 1978
| term_end            = 12 October 1979
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1978|10|18|1979|10|12}}
| alt_party           = People's Party (Sweden)
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Ullsten
  | party     = People's Party (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = (16)
| officeholder        = [[Eric Krönmark]]
| born_year           = 1931
| died_year           = 2024
| term_start          = 12 October 1979
| term_end            = 5 May 1981
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1979|10|12|1981|5|5}}
| alt_party           = Moderate Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Fälldin II
  | party     = Centre Party (Sweden)
  | party2    = Moderate Party
  | party3    = People's Party (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = –
| officeholder        = [[Anders Dahlgren]]
| born_year           = 1925
| died_year           = 1986
| term_start          = 5 May 1981
| term_end            = 22 May 1981
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1981|5|5|1981|5|22}}
| alt_party           = Centre Party (Sweden)
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Fälldin III
  | party     = Centre Party (Sweden)
  | party2    = People's Party (Sweden)
  }}
| acting              = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 18
| officeholder        = [[Torsten Gustafsson]]
| born_year           = 1920
| died_year           = 1994
| term_start          = 22 May 1981
| term_end            = 8 October 1982
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1981|5|22|1982|10|8}}
| alt_party           = Centre Party (Sweden)
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Fälldin III
  | party     = Centre Party (Sweden)
  | party2    = People's Party (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 19
| officeholder        = [[Börje Andersson]]
| born_year           = 1930
| died_year           = 1994
| term_start          = 8 October 1982
| term_end            = 1 December 1982
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1982|10|8|1982|12|1}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Palme II
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = –
| officeholder        = [[Curt Boström]]
| born_year           = 1926
| died_year           = 2014
| term_start          = 1 December 1982
| term_end            = 17 January 1983
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1982|12|1|1983|1|17}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Palme II
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
| acting              = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 20
| officeholder        = [[Anders Thunborg]]
| born_year           = 1934
| died_year           = 2004
| term_start          = 17 January 1983
| term_end            = 14 October 1985
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1983|1|17|1985|10|14}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Palme II
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 21
| officeholder        = [[Roine Carlsson]]
| born_year           = 1937
| died_year           = 2020
| term_start          = 14 October 1985
| term_end            = 4 October 1991
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1985|10|14|1991|10|4}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Palme II
  }}
| cabinet2            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Carlsson I
  }}
| cabinet3            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Carlsson II
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 22
| image               = Anders Bjorck i Uppsala Valborg2009 1.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Anders Björck]]
| born_year           = 1944
| term_start          = 4 October 1991
| term_end            = 7 October 1994
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1991|10|4|1994|10|7}}
| alt_party           = Moderate Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Bildt
  | party     = Moderate Party
  | party2    = Centre Party (Sweden)
  | party3    = Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  | party4    = Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 23
| image               = File-Thage G. Peterson.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Thage G. Peterson]]
| born_year           = 1933
| term_start          = 7 October 1994
| term_end            = 1 February 1997
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1994|10|7|1997|2|1}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Carlsson III
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
| cabinet2            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Persson
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 24
| image               = Björn von Sydow at Haga Palace.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Björn von Sydow]]
| born_year           = 1945
| term_start          = 1 February 1997
| term_end            = 30 September 2002
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|1997|2|1|2002|9|30}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Persson
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = –
| officeholder        = [[Lena Hjelm-Wallén]]
| born_year           = 1943
| term_start          = 30 September 2002
| term_end            = 22 October 2002
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|2002|9|30|2002|10|22}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Persson
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
| acting              = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = –
| image               = Par Nuder, finansminister Sverige.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Pär Nuder]]
| born_year           = 1963
| term_start          = 22 October 2002
| term_end            = 4 November 2002
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|2002|10|22|2002|11|4}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Persson
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
| acting              = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 25
| image               = Leni Björklund.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Leni Björklund]]
| born_year           = 1944
| term_start          = 4 November 2002
| term_end            = 6 October 2006
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|2002|11|4|2006|10|6}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Persson
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 26
| image               = Mikael Odenberg.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Mikael Odenberg]]
| born_year           = 1953
| term_start          = 6 October 2006
| term_end            = 5 September 2007
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|2006|10|6|2007|9|5}}
| alt_party           = Moderate Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Reinfeldt
  | party     = Moderate Party
  | party2    = Centre Party (Sweden)
  | party3    = Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  | party4    = Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 27
| image               = Estpresident 1c300 5288 (cropped).jpg
| officeholder        = [[Sten Tolgfors]]
| born_year           = 1966
| term_start          = 5 September 2007
| term_end            = 29 March 2012
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|2007|9|5|2012|3|29}}
| alt_party           = Moderate Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Reinfeldt
  | party     = Moderate Party
  | party2    = Centre Party (Sweden)
  | party3    = Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  | party4    = Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = –
| image               = Catharina-Elmsäter-Svärd B.jpg
| officeholder        = [[Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd]]
| born_year           = 1963
| term_start          = 29 March 2012
| term_end            = 18 April 2012
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|2012|3|29|2012|4|18}}
| alt_party           = Moderate Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Reinfeldt
  | party     = Moderate Party
  | party2    = Centre Party (Sweden)
  | party3    = Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  | party4    = Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  }}
| acting              = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 28
| image               = Karin Enström.jpg|bSize = 100|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 0
| officeholder        = [[Karin Enström]]
| born_year           = 1966
| term_start          = 18 April 2012
| term_end            = 3 October 2014
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|2012|4|18|2014|10|3}}
| alt_party           = Moderate Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Reinfeldt
  | party     = Moderate Party
  | party2    = Centre Party (Sweden)
  | party3    = Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  | party4    = Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 29
| image               = Peter Hultqvist (2022).jpg
| officeholder        = [[Peter Hultqvist]]
| born_year           = 1958
| term_start          = 3 October 2014
| term_end            = 18 October 2022
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|2014|10|3|2022|10|18}}
| alt_party           = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Löfven I
  | cabinet2  = Löfven II
  | cabinet3  = Löfven III
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  | party2    = Green Party (Sweden)
  }}
| cabinet4            = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Andersson
  | party     = Swedish Social Democratic Party
  }}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2              = 30
| image               = Pål Jonson in the United States, 2023 - (cropped).jpg
| officeholder        = [[Pål Jonson]]
| born_year           = 1972
| term_start          = 18 October 2022
| term_end            = ''Incumbent''
| timeinoffice        = {{Age in years and days|2022|10|18}}
| alt_party           = Moderate Party
| cabinet             = {{Officeholder table cabinet
  | cabinet   = Kristersson
  | party     = Moderate Party
  | party2    =  Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  | party3    = Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  }}
}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Defence minister]]
* [[Lord High Admiral of Sweden]] (historical antecedent)
* [[Lord High Constable of Sweden]] (historical antecedent)

==External links==
* [http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2060 www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2060]

{{Ministry of Defence (Sweden)}}
{{Government ministries of Sweden}}

[[Category:Ministers for defence of Sweden| ]]
[[Category:NATO defence ministers|Sweden]]