Minister for Business and Industry (Sweden)

The Minister for Business and Industry, (Swedish: näringsminister), formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, is a member and minister of the Government of Sweden and is appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister is responsible for policies related to enterprise, industry and innovation.

Minister for Business and Industry of Sweden
Näringsminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Ebba Busch since 18 October 2022
Ministry of Climate and Enterprise
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit
Inaugural holder	Krister Wickman (1969) Per Westerberg (1991)
Formation	First formation: 1 January 1969 Reformation: 22 October 1991
Website	www.regeringen.se/sb/d/15192

The current Minister for Business and Industry is Ebba Busch of the Christians Democrats.^[1]

History

Until 1991, the office was named minister of industry.^[2] However, the official name since then is minister has been especially responsible for business, industry, enterprise and innovation. Since 2014, the minister has been especially responsible for business, industry, enterprise and innovation. This includes small and medium-sized businesses, state-owned enterprises and industrial policy.^[3]

List of ministers

Industry (1969–1991)
No.	Minister for Industry		Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Prime Minister(s)
1		Krister Wickman (1924–1993)	1 January 1969	30 June 1971	2 years, 180 days	Social Democrats	Palme, OlofOlof Palme (S/SAP)
2		Rune B. Johansson (1915–1982)	30 June 1971	8 October 1976	5 years, 100 days	Social Democrats	Palme, OlofOlof Palme (S/SAP)
3		Nils Åsling (1927–2017)	8 October 1976	18 October 1978	2 years, 10 days	Centre	Fälldin, ThorbjörnThorbjörn Fälldin (C)
4		Erik Huss (1913–2010)	18 October 1978	12 October 1979	359 days	Liberals	Ullsten, OlaOla Ullsten (L)
(3)		Nils Åsling (1927–2017)	12 October 1979	8 October 1982	2 years, 361 days	Centre	Fälldin, ThorbjörnThorbjörn Fälldin (C)
5		Thage G. Peterson (born 1933)	8 October 1982	30 September 1988	5 years, 358 days	Social Democrats	Palme, OlofOlof Palme (S/SAP) (8 October 1982 – 28 February 1986) Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP) (13 March 1986 – 30 September 1988)
6		Ivar Nordberg (1933–2014)	4 October 1988	11 January 1990	1 year, 103 days	Social Democrats	Carlsson, IngvarIngvar Carlsson (S/SAP)
7		Rune Molin (1931–2011)	12 January 1990	4 October 1991	1 year, 266 days	Social Democrats	Carlsson, IngvarIngvar Carlsson (S/SAP)
Enterprise (1991–2014)
No.	Minister for Enterprise		Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Prime Minister(s)
8		Per Westerberg (born 1951)	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	3 years, 3 days	Moderate	Bildt, CarlCarl Bildt (M)
9		Sten Heckscher (born 1942)	7 October 1994	5 February 1996	1 year, 121 days	Social Democrats	Carlsson, IngvarIngvar Carlsson (S/SAP)
10		Jörgen Andersson (born 1946)	5 February 1996	22 March 1996	46 days	Social Democrats	Carlsson, IngvarIngvar Carlsson (S/SAP)
11		Anders Sundström (born 1952)	22 March 1996	7 October 1998	2 years, 199 days	Social Democrats	Persson, GöranGöran Persson (S/SAP)
12		Björn Rosengren (born 1942)	7 October 1998	15 October 2002	4 years, 8 days	Social Democrats	Persson, GöranGöran Persson (S/SAP)
–		Mona Sahlin (born 1957) Acting	15 October 2002	21 October 2002	6 days	Social Democrats	Persson, GöranGöran Persson (S/SAP)
13		Leif Pagrotsky (born 1951)	21 October 2002	21 October 2004	2 years, 0 days	Social Democrats	Persson, GöranGöran Persson (S/SAP)
14		Thomas Östros (born 1965)	21 October 2004	6 October 2006	1 year, 350 days	Social Democrats	Persson, GöranGöran Persson (S/SAP)
15		Maud Olofsson (born 1955)	6 October 2006	29 September 2011	4 years, 358 days	Centre	Reinfeldt, FredrikFredrik Reinfeldt (M)
16		Annie Lööf (born 1983)	29 September 2011	3 October 2014	3 years, 4 days	Centre	Reinfeldt, FredrikFredrik Reinfeldt (M)
Enterprise and innovation (2014–2019)
No.	Minister for Enterprise and Innovation		Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Prime Minister(s)
17		Mikael Damberg (born 1971)	3 October 2014	21 January 2019	4 years, 110 days	Social Democrats	Löfven, StefanStefan Löfven (S/SAP)
Business, industry and innovation (2019–2022)
No.
18		Ibrahim Baylan (born 1972)	21 January 2019	30 November 2021	2 years, 313 days	Social Democrats	Löfven, StefanStefan Löfven (S/SAP)
19		Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson (born 1964)	30 November 2021	18 October 2022	1 year, 348 days	Social Democrats	Andersson, MagdalenaMagdalena Andersson (S/SAP)
Business and industry (2022–present)
No.
19		Ebba Busch (born 1987)	18 October 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 26 days	Christian Democrats	Kristersson, UlfUlf Kristersson (M)

References

1. "Ebba Busch". Regeringen och Regeringskansliet. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
2. Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 347. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
3. "Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation". 24 November 2014.