List of prime ministers of Sweden

File:Olof Palme, Tage Erlander, Sten Andersson and Ingvar Carlsson 1968.jpg

Olof Palme (left), Tage Erlander (center) and Ingvar Carlsson (right) were all prime ministers of Sweden.

Prior to the creation of the office of prime minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government distinct from its head of state, the monarch, who traditionally held all executive authority. Louis De Geer, the architect of the bicameral Riksdag of 1866, which replaced the centuries-old Riksdag of the Estates, became Sweden's first prime minister in 1876. since 2022Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), the prime minister of Sweden is Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party. The list below contains statistics about the tenures of each of the prime ministers of Sweden since 1876.

List of prime ministers

Before 1876, when the office of prime minister was created, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from the monarch. The most-senior member of the Privy Council during the period of absolute rule was the lord high chancellor, whose role was similar to that of a head of government. That was most evident during the so-called Age of Liberty, from 1718 to 1772, when the monarch's powers were greatly reduced and the president of the Privy Council became the dominant political figure in Sweden.

Colour key   Coalition government  /  Independent and non-partisan  /  Moderate Party and predecessorsTemplate:Efn  /  Liberals and predecessorsTemplate:Efn  /  Social DemocratsTemplate:Efn  /  Centre PartyTemplate:Efn Status key ^§ Extraordinary general election. ^† Died in office. ^‡ Assassinated in office. ^✕ Defeated by motion of no confidence.
Name (Lifespan)			Portrait	Term		Party (Alliance)	Cabinet Parties	Mandate / Election	Monarch (Reign)
				Tenure	Time in office
1	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818–1896)	File:Louis De Geer 1818-1896 from Hildebrand Sveriges historia (3x4 cropped).jpg	20 March 1876 – 19 April 1880	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	L. G. De Geer	1875 1878	File:Porträtt av Oscar II i amiralsuniform. 1900-1907. Foto Lars Larsson (Cropped).jpg Oscar II (1872–1907)
2	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Arvid Posse (1820–1901)	File:Arvid Posse.jpg	19 April 1880 – 13 June 1883	Template:Age in years and days	Lantmanna Party	Posse	— 1881
3	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Carl Johan Thyselius (1811–1891)	File:Carl Johan Thyselius (Hildebrand Sveriges historia) (3x4 cropped).jpg	13 June 1883 – 16 May 1884	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	Thyselius	—
4	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Robert Themptander (1844–1897)	File:Robert Themptander SPA (3x4 cropped).jpg	16 May 1884 – 6 February 1888	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	Themptander	1884
	1887a[§]
	1887b
5	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Gillis Bildt (1820–1894)	File:Gillis Bildt.jpg	6 February 1888 – 12 October 1889	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	G. Bildt	—
6	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833–1900)	File:G Åkerhielm.jpg	12 October 1889 – 10 July 1891	Template:Age in years and days	Protectionist Party	Åkerhielm	— 1890
7	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907)	File:E G Boström from Hildebrand Sveriges historia (3x4 cropped).jpg	10 July 1891 – 12 September 1900	Template:Age in years and days		Boström I	— 1893 1896 1899
8	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Fredrik von Otter (1833–1910)	File:Fredrik von Otter.jpg	12 September 1900 – 5 July 1902	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	Otter	—
(7) Template:Efn	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907)	File:E G Boström from Hildebrand Sveriges historia (3x4 cropped).jpg	5 July 1902 – 13 April 1905	Template:Age in years and days	Lantmanna Party	Boström II	— 1902
9	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Johan Ramstedt (1852–1935)	File:Johan O Ramstedt.jpg	13 April 1905 – 2 August 1905	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	Ramstedt	—
10	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Christian Lundeberg (1842–1911)	File:Christian Lundeberg (3x4 cropped).jpg	2 August 1905 – 7 November 1905	Template:Age in years and days	Protectionist Party (General Electoral League)	Lundeberg AvF–LS	—
11	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Karl Staaff (1860–1915)	File:Karl Staaff.jpg	7 November 1905 – 29 May 1906	Template:Age in years and days	Liberal Coalition Party	Staaff I LS	1905
12	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)	File:Arvid Lindman.jpg	29 May 1906 – 8 December 1907	Template:Age in years and days	Lantmanna Party (General Electoral League)	Lindman I AvF	— 1908
	8 December 1907 – 7 October 1911			File:Gustaf V av Sverige.jpg Gustaf V (1907–1950)
(11)	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Karl Staaff (1860–1915)	File:Karl Staaff.jpg		7 October 1911 – 17 February 1914	Template:Age in years and days	Liberal Coalition Party	Staaff II LS	1911
13	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)	File:Hjalmar Hammarskjöld.jpg		17 February 1914 – 30 March 1917	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	Hammarskjöld	—
	1914a[§]
	1914b
14	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Carl Swartz (1858–1926)	File:Swartz, Carl i VJ 47 1916.jpg		30 March 1917 – 19 October 1917	Template:Age in years and days	National Party (General Electoral League)	Swartz AvF	—
15	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Nils Edén (1871–1945)	File:Nils Eden.jpg		19 October 1917 – 10 March 1920	Template:Age in years and days	Liberal Coalition Party	Edén LS–S	1917
16	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)	File:Hjalmar branting stor bild (cropped).jpg		10 March 1920 – 27 October 1920	Template:Age in years and days	Social Democrats	Branting I S	—
17	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854–1935)	File:Louis De Geer (1854-1935).jpg		27 October 1920 – 23 February 1921	Template:Age in years and days	Independent	G. L. De Geer	1920
18	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Oscar von Sydow (1873–1936)	File:Oscar von Sydow, statsminister.jpg		23 February 1921 – 13 October 1921	Template:Age in years and days		von Sydow	—
(16)	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)	File:Hjalmar Branting 11.jpg		13 October 1921 – 19 April 1923	Template:Age in years and days	Social Democrats	Branting II S	1921[§]
19	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Ernst Trygger (1857–1943)	File:Ernst Trygger, prime minister of Sweden (3x4 cropped).jpg		19 April 1923 – 18 October 1924	Template:Age in years and days	National Party (General Electoral League)	Trygger AvF	—
(16)	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925)	File:Hjalmar Branting.png		18 October 1924 – 24 January 1925	Template:Age in years and days	Social Democrats	Branting III S	1924
20	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Rickard Sandler (1884–1964)	File:Rickard Sandler - Sveriges styresmän.jpg		24 January 1925 – 7 June 1926	Template:Age in years and days		Sandler S	—
21	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)	File:C G Ekman.jpg		7 June 1926 – 2 October 1928	Template:Age in years and days	Freeminded People's Party	Ekman I FF–L	—
(12)	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Arvid Lindman (1862–1936)	File:Arvid Lindman.jpg		2 October 1928 – 7 June 1930	Template:Age in years and days	Lantmanna Party (General Electoral League)	Lindman II AvF	1928
(21)	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872–1945)	File:C G Ekman.jpg		7 June 1930 – 6 August 1932	Template:Age in years and days	Freeminded People's Party	Ekman II FF	—
22	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Felix Hamrin (1875–1937)	File:Felix Hamrin - Sveriges styresmän.jpg		6 August 1932 – 24 September 1932	Template:Age in years and days		Hamrin FF	—
23	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)	File:Per Albin Hansson, statsminister, porträttbild 1935.jpg		24 September 1932 – 19 June 1936	Template:Age in years and days	Social Democrats	Hansson I S	1932
24	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883–1954)	File:Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp.jpg		19 June 1936 – 28 September 1936	Template:Age in years and days	Farmers' League	Pehrsson-Bramstorp Bf	—
(23)	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946)	File:Per Albin Hansson, statsminister, porträttbild 1935.jpg		28 September 1936 – 6 October 1946[†]	Template:Age in years and days	Social Democrats	Hansson II S–Bf	1936 1940 1944
	Hansson III S–Bf–H–F
	Hansson IV S
—	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Östen Undén (1886–1974)	File:Östen Undén - Sveriges styresmän.jpg		Acting Prime Minister from 6 to 11 October 1946 (5 days) following the death of Per Albin Hansson.			Hansson IV S	—
25	rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Tage Erlander (1901–1985)	File:Tage Erlander 1949.jpg		11 October 1946 – 29 October 1950	Template:Age in years and days		Erlander I S	— 1948 1952 1956 1958[§] 1960 1964 1968
	29 October 1950 – 14 October 1969			File:Gustaf VI Adolf av Sverige som kronprins.jpg Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
					Erlander II S–Bf
					Erlander III S
26	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Olof Palme (1927–1986)	File:Olof Palme.png		14 October 1969 – 15 September 1973	Template:Age in years and days		Palme I S	— 1970 1973
	15 September 1973 – 8 October 1976			File:Carlos Gustavo da Suécia (meio corpo).jpg Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
27	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016)	File:Falldin.JPG		8 October 1976 – 18 October 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Centre Party	Fälldin I C–M–F	1976
28	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Ola Ullsten (1931–2018)	File:Ola Ullsten.JPG		18 October 1978 – 12 October 1979	Template:Age in years and days	People's Party	Ullsten F	—
(27)	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016)	File:Thorbjörn Fälldin.JPG		12 October 1979 – 8 October 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Centre Party	Fälldin II C–M–F	1979
	Fälldin III C–F
(26)	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Olof Palme (1927–1986)	File:(Olof Palme) Felipe González ofrece una rueda de prensa junto al primer ministro de Suecia. Pool Moncloa. 28 de septiembre de 1984 (cropped).jpeg		8 October 1982 – 28 February 1986[‡]	Template:Age in years and days	Social Democrats	Palme II S	1982 1985
—	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Ingvar Carlsson (b. 1934)	File:Groepsfoto met Koningin Beatrix en premier Lubbers (r), Bestanddeelnr 934-4200 (cropped).jpg		Acting Prime Minister from 28 February to 12 March 1986 (12 days) following the assassination of Olof Palme.		Social Democrats	Palme II S	— 1988
29	12 March 1986 – 4 October 1991				Template:Age in years and days	Carlsson I S
						Carlsson II S
30	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Carl Bildt (b. 1949)	File:Carl Bildt 2001-05-15.jpg		4 October 1991 – 7 October 1994	Template:Age in years and days	Moderate Party	C. Bildt M–C–FP–KD	1991
(29)	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Ingvar Carlsson (b. 1934)	File:President Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Ingvar Carlsson, and Ingrid Carlsson (cropped) (2).jpg		7 October 1994 – 22 March 1996	Template:Age in years and days	Social Democrats	Carlsson III S	1994
31	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Göran Persson (b. 1949)	File:Goran Persson, Sveriges statsminister, under nordiskt statsministermotet i Reykjavik 2005.jpg		22 March 1996 – 6 October 2006	Template:Age in years and days		Persson S	— 1998 2002
32	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Fredrik Reinfeldt (b. 1965)	File:Fredrik Reinfeldt 12 Sept 2014.jpg		6 October 2006 – 3 October 2014	Template:Age in years and days	Moderate Party (Alliance for Sweden)	Reinfeldt M–C–FP–KD	2006 2010
33	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Stefan Löfven (b. 1957)	File:Stefan Löfven (cropped).jpg		3 October 2014 – 30 November 2021	Template:Age in years and days	Social Democrats	Löfven I[✕] S–MP	2014 2018
	Löfven II[✕] S–MP
	Löfven III S–MP
34	rowspan=1 bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Magdalena Andersson (b. 1967)	File:Magdalena Andersson 2017 (cropped).jpg		30 November 2021 – 18 October 2022	Template:Age in years and days		Andersson S	—
35	bgcolor=Template:Party color |	Ulf Kristersson (b. 1963)	File:Ulf Kristersson on 29 June 2023.jpg		18 October 2022 – Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	Moderate Party	Kristersson M–KD–L	2022

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See also

• Prime Minister of Sweden
• Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• Swedish governmental line of succession
• Elections in Sweden
• List of cabinets of Sweden
• List of Swedish politicians
• List of spouses of prime ministers of Sweden