The Ministry of Education and Research is a government ministry

Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

 in Sweden

Government of Sweden

The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden is the supreme executive authority of Sweden. It consists of the Prime Minister and cabinet ministers appointed by the Prime Minister. The Government is responsible for their actions to the Riksdag, which is the legislative assembly...

 responsible for matters relating to school

School

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s, universities

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

, college

College

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s, and research

Research

Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...

.

Before 1968 the ministry were called the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs.

The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 16 in central Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

.

Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (1840-1967)

• 1840 - 1840 Albrecht Elof Ihre
  Albrecht Elof Ihre
  Baron Albrecht Elof Ihre was a Swedish diplomat and politician who served as Swedish-Norwegian prime minister of foreign affairs 1840-1848 ....
  
   (1797-1877)
• 1840 - 1842 Samuel Grubbe (1786-1853)
• 1842 - 1844 Christopher Isac Heurlin (1786-1860)
• 1844 - 1848 Fredrik Otto Silfverstolpe (1795-1882)
• 1848 - 1852 Paulus Genberg (1811-75)
• 1852 - 1855 Henrik Reuterdahl
  Henrik Reuterdahl
  Henrik Reuterdahl was archbishop of Sweden from 1856 to his death.Stemming from Malmö, he was orphaned at an early age and had to rely on others for his education and support...
  
   (1795-1870)
• 1855 - 1859 Lars Anton Anjou (1803-84)
• 1859 - 1860 Henning Hamilton
  Henning Hamilton
  Henning Ludvig Hugo Hamilton, born January 16 1814 in Stockholm, Sweden, deceased January 15 1886 in Amélie-les-Bains, France, was a Swedish count, politician, government official and author. His father was Gustaf Wathier Hamilton...
  
   (1814-86)
• 1860 - 1863 Carl Johan Thyselius
  Carl Johan Thyselius
  Carl Johan Thyselius was a politician, state official , Supreme Court justice 1856-60, "Church Minister" 1860-63, Minister of the Civil Department 1875-80, and...
  
   (1811-91)
• 1863 - 1870 Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson (1811-87)
• 1870 - 1875 Gunnar Wennerberg
  Gunnar Wennerberg
  Gunnar Wennerberg , Swedish poet, composer and politician. His niece Sara Wennerberg-Reuter was also a well-known musician; she was an organist and composer....
  
   (1817-1901)
• 1875 - 1878 Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson (1811-87)
• 1878 - 1880 Carl Gustaf Malmström (1822-1912)
• 1880 - 1888 Carl Hammarskjöld (1838-98)
• 1888 - 1891 Gunnar Wennerberg
  Gunnar Wennerberg
  Gunnar Wennerberg , Swedish poet, composer and politician. His niece Sara Wennerberg-Reuter was also a well-known musician; she was an organist and composer....
  
   (1817-1901)
• 1891 - 1898 Gustaf Gilljam (1832-1908)
• 1898 - 1902 Nils Claëson (1848-1910)
• 1902 - 1905 Carl von Friesen (1846-1905)
• 1905 - 1905 Karl Husberg (1854-1928)
• 1905 - 1905 Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
  Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
  Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld was a Swedish politician, scholar, cabinet minister, Member of Parliament from 1923 to 1938 , and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917....
  
   (1862-1953)
• 1905 - 1906 Fridtjuv Berg (1851-1916)
• 1906 - 1909 Hugo Hammarskjöld (1845-1937)
• 1909 - 1911 Elof Lindström
  Elof Lindström
  Karl Elof Lindström was a Swedish athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Eksjö and was the younger brother of Gunnar Lindström....
  
   (1863-1924)
• 1911 - 1914 Fridtjuv Berg (1851-1916)
• 1914 - 1917 Karl Gustaf Westman
  Karl Gustaf Westman
  Karl Gustaf Westman Karl Gustaf Westman Karl Gustaf Westman (August 18, 1876 (Gothenburg)–January 24, 1944 (Stockholm) was a Swedish historian and political leader.-Biography:Westman attended Uppsala University, where he earned bachelor's degree in 1897, Licentiate of Philosophy in 1904 and a...
  
   (1876-1944)
• 1917 - 1917 Alexis Hammarström (1858-1936)
• 1917 - 1919 Värner Rydén (1878-1930), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1919 - 1920 Olof Olsson (1872-1939), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1920 - 1921 Bengt J:son Bergqvist (1860-1936), independent
• 1921 - 1923 Olof Olsson (1872-1939), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1923 - 1924 Sam Clason (1867-1925), Rightist Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
  
• 1924 - 1926 Olof Olsson (1872-1939), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1926 - 1928 John Almkvist (1875-1946), Freeminded People's Party
  Freeminded People's Party (Sweden)
  The Freeminded People's Party was a political party in Sweden represented in the Riksdag from 1924 to 1935. It was formed in 1924 by the pro-ban majority of the Liberal Coalition Party as a consequence of the split over the issue on alcohol prohibition...
  
  
• 1928 - 1930 Claes Lindskog (1870-1954), Rightist Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
  
• 1930 - 1932 Sam Stadener (1872-1937), Freeminded People's Party
  Freeminded People's Party (Sweden)
  The Freeminded People's Party was a political party in Sweden represented in the Riksdag from 1924 to 1935. It was formed in 1924 by the pro-ban majority of the Liberal Coalition Party as a consequence of the split over the issue on alcohol prohibition...
  
  
• 1932 - 1936 Arthur Engberg (1888-1944), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1936 - 1936 Tor Andræ
  Tor Andræ
  Tor Julius Efraim Andræ was a Swedish scholar of comparative religion and bishop of Linköping from 1936....
  
   (1885-1947),independent
• 1936 - 1939 Arthur Engberg (1888-1944), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1939 - 1944 Gösta Bagge
  Gösta Bagge
  Gösta Adolfsson Bagge was a Swedish professor of economics and conservative politician.Born on 27 May 1882 in Stockholm, Gösta Bagge was declared leader for the National Organization of the Right after the sudden retirement of Arvid Lindman in 1935, and remained its leader until 1944...
  
   (1882-1951), Rightist Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
  
• 1944 - 1945 Georg Andrén (1890-1969), Rightist Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
  
• 1945 - 1946 Tage Erlander
  Tage Erlander
  was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969...
  
   (1901-85), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1946 - 1951 Josef Weijne (1893-1951), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1951 - 1951 Hildur Nygren (1896-1962), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1951 - 1957 Ivar Persson (1901-79), Farmers' League
  Centre Party (Sweden)
  The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social...
  
  
• 1957 - 1967 Ragnar Edenman (1914-98), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1967 - 1967 Olof Palme
  Olof Palme
  Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...
  
   (1927-86), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  

Minister for Education (1968-)

• 1968 - 1969 Olof Palme
  Olof Palme
  Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...
  
   (1927-86), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1969 - 1973 Ingvar Carlsson
  Ingvar Carlsson
  Gösta Ingvar Carlsson is a Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party ....
  
   (f. 1934), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1973 - 1976 Bertil Zachrisson (f. 1926), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1976 - 1982 Jan-Erik Wikström (f. 1932), Liberal People's Party
  Liberal People's Party
  There are several political parties named Liberal People's Party in English:*Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue in Finland*Det Liberale Folkeparti in Norway*Folkpartiet Liberalerna in SwedenSee also the list of liberal parties....
  
  
• 1982 - 1985 Lena Hjelm-Wallén
  Lena Hjelm-Wallén
  Lena Birgitta Hjelm-Wallén is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. 1968 became Hjelm-Wallén a member of the Swedish Parliament and she held several cabinet positions. Starting in 1974 as the youngest minister to that date...
  
   (f. 1943), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1985 - 1989 Lennart Bodström
  Lennart Bodström
  Ture Lennart Bodström is a Swedish politician born in Gothenburg, serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Olof Palme's Social Democratic cabinet from 1982 to 1985...
  
   (f. 1928), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1989 - 1991 Bengt Göransson (f. 1932), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1991 - 1994 Per Unckel
  Per Unckel
  Per Carl Gustav Unckel was a Swedish former Moderate Party politician and at the time of his death the Governor of Stockholm County....
  
   (1948-2011), Moderate Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
  
• 1994 - 1998 Carl Tham (f. 1939), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 1998 - 2004 Thomas Östros
  Thomas Östros
  Thomas Östros is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He was Minister for Education from 1998 to 2004 and Minister for Industry and Trade from 2004 to 2006...
  
   (f. 1965), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 2004 - 2006 Leif Pagrotsky
  Leif Pagrotsky
  Leif Pagrotsky, born October 20, 1951 in Gothenburg, is a Swedish Social Democratic politician, who had various posts in the government of Göran Persson between 1996 and 2006.-Biography:...
  
   (f. 1951), Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
  
• 2006 - 2007 Lars Leijonborg
  Lars Leijonborg
  Lars Erik Ansgar Leijonborg is a Swedish politician, Minister for Higher Education and Research 2006-2009 and Head of the Ministry of Education and Research 2006-2007...
  
   (f. 1949), Liberal People's Party
  Liberal People's Party
  There are several political parties named Liberal People's Party in English:*Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue in Finland*Det Liberale Folkeparti in Norway*Folkpartiet Liberalerna in SwedenSee also the list of liberal parties....
  
  
• 2007 - Jan Björklund
  Jan Björklund
  Jan Arne Björklund is a Swedish politician. He is the leader of the Liberal People's Party and serves as Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister in the Swedish government.- Education and military career :...
  
   (f. 1962), Liberal People's Party
  Liberal People's Party
  There are several political parties named Liberal People's Party in English:*Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue in Finland*Det Liberale Folkeparti in Norway*Folkpartiet Liberalerna in SwedenSee also the list of liberal parties....
  
  

Organization

The Ministry of Education and Research has a staff of 200. The head of the ministry is the Minister for Education, currently Jan Björklund

Jan Björklund

Jan Arne Björklund is a Swedish politician. He is the leader of the Liberal People's Party and serves as Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister in the Swedish government.- Education and military career :...

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Liberal People's Party (Sweden)

The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006...

).

Government agencies

The Ministry of Education and Research is principal to the following government agencies

Government agencies in Sweden

The Government agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions but not by direct...

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External links

• Ministry of Education and Research, official website
• Utbildningsdepartementet, official website