Prime Ministers
42 · 1927 — 2026
Tage Erlander 1947–1968 · 22 years · S Per Albin Hansson 1932–1946 · 15 years · S Olof Palme 1969–1985 · 11 years · S Göran Persson 1996–2005 · 10 years · S Magdalena Andersson 2014–2021 · 8 years · S+MP Stefan Löfven 2014–2021 · 8 years · S+MP Fredrik Reinfeldt 2006–2013 · 8 years · M Ingvar Carlsson 1986–1995 · 7 years · S Thorbjörn Fälldin 1976–1981 · 6 years · C Ola Ullsten 1976–1981 · 6 years · C Carl Gustaf Ekman 1927–1931 · 5 years · L/M Ulf Kristersson 2022–2026 · 5 years · M+KD+L Arvid Lindman 1927–1931 · 5 years · L/M Carl Bildt 1991–1993 · 3 years · M Alf Svensson Kristdemokraterna leader 1973–2004 Anders Borg Finance Minister 2006–2014 Anna Lindh Minister for Foreign Affairs 1998–2003 Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Prime Minister of Sweden 1936 (semesterregeringen) Bengt Westerberg Folkpartiet leader 1983–1995; Deputy PM 1991–1994 Bert Karlsson Co-founder of Ny Demokrati 1991; record producer Bertil Ohlin Leader of Folkpartiet 1944–1967; Nobel laureate in Economics 1977 Bo Widerberg Film director, screenwriter, author Dag Hammarskjöld UN Secretary-General 1953–1961 Ebba Busch Kristdemokraterna leader; Deputy Prime Minister in the Kristersson cabinet Ebbe Carlsson Publisher; central figure of 1988 Ebbe Carlsson affair Felix Hamrin Prime Minister of Sweden 1932 (interim) Gunnar Hedlund Leader of Bondeförbundet / Centerpartiet 1949–1971 Gunnar Myrdal Economist; Minister of Commerce 1945–1947; Nobel laureate in Economics 1974 Hjalmar Branting Founder of SAP; Prime Minister of Sweden 1920, 1921–1923, 1924–1925 Ian Wachtmeister Co-founder and leader of Ny Demokrati 1991 Jonas Sjöstedt Vänsterpartiet leader 2012–2020 Kurt Haijby Restaurateur; figure at the centre of the 1952 Haijby affair Margot Wallström Foreign Minister 2014–2019; EU Commissioner 2004–2010 Mona Sahlin SAP party leader 2007–2011; Deputy PM 1995 Nooshi Dadgostar Vänsterpartiet leader since 2020 Olof Johansson Centerpartiet leader 1987–1998 Östen Undén Foreign Minister 1924–1926 and 1945–1962 Raoul Wallenberg Swedish diplomat in Budapest 1944; rescuer of Hungarian Jews Rudolf Meidner Economist; LO research director; author of the 1975 Meidner Plan Sten Tolgfors Defence Minister 2007–2012 Stig Wennerström Swedish Air Force colonel; Soviet spy 1948–1963 Ture Königson Folkpartiet MP; decisive abstention on ATP reform in 1959