Minister for Rural Affairs (Sweden)

Minister for Rural Affairs Sveriges landsbygdsminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Sven-Erik Bucht since 3 October 2014
Member of	Government
Appointer	Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Theodor Odelberg
Formation	1900
Website	Ministry for Rural Affairs

The Minister for Rural Affairs (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for Rural Affairs and prior to that Minister for Agriculture) is a member and minister of the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister heads the Ministry for Rural Affairs and is responsible for agriculture and environmental issues relating to agriculture, fishery, reindeer husbandry, Sami affairs, horticulture, animal welfare, foodstuffs, hunting and game management, as well as higher education and research in the field of agricultural sciences.

The office was founded in 1900 under the name of Minister for Agriculture, and its first holder was Theodor Odelberg. The title was renamed Minister for Rural Affairs in 2010.

List of Ministers for Agriculture

	Term	Political Party
Theodor Odelberg	1900–1905	Protectionist Party
Alfred Petersson	1905	General Electoral Union
Gösta Tamm	1905–1906	Free-minded National Association
Alfred Petersson	1906–1909	General Electoral Union
Oscar Nylander	1909–1911	General Electoral Union
Alfred Petersson	1911–1914	Free-minded National Association
Johan Beck-Friis	1914–1917	Independent
Knut Dahlberg	191	General Electoral Union
Alfred Petersson	1917–1920	Free-minded National Association
Olof Nilsson	1920	Social Democrats
Nils Hansson	1920–1921	Independent
Sven Linders	1921–1923	Social Democrats
David Pettersson	1923–1924	General Electoral Union
Sven Linders	1924–1926	Social Democrats
Paul Hellström	1926–1927	Freeminded People's Party
Bo von Stockenström	1927–1928	Freeminded People's Party
Johan Bernhard Johansson	1928–1930	General Electoral Union
Bo von Stockenström	1930–1932	Freeminded People's Party
Per Edvin Sköld	1932–1936	Social Democrats
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp	1936–1945	Centre Party
Per Edvin Sköld	1945–1948	Social Democrats
Gunnar Sträng	1948–1951	Social Democrats
Sam B. Norup	1951–1957	Centre Party
Bernhard Näsgård	1957	Centre Party
Nils G. Hansson	1957	Centre Party
Gösta Netzén	1957–1961	Social Democrats
Eric Holmqvist	1961–1969	Social Democrats
Ingemund Bengtsson	1969–1973	Social Democrats
Svante Lundkvist	1973–1976	Social Democrats
Anders Dahlgren	1976–1978	Centre Party
Eric Enlund	1978–1979	Liberal People's Party
Anders Dahlgren	1979–1982	Centre Party
Svante Lundkvist	1982–1986	Social Democrats
Mats Hellström	1986–1991	Social Democrats
Karl Erik Olsson	1991–1994	Centre Party
Margareta Winberg	1994–1996	Social Democrats
Annika Åhnberg	1996–1998	Social Democrats
Margareta Winberg	1998–2002	Social Democrats
Ann-Cristin Nykvist	2002–2006	Social Democrats
Eskil Erlandsson	2006–2010	Centre Party

List of Ministers for Rural Affairs

Name		Term	Political Party	Prime Minister
	Eskil Erlandsson	2010–2014	Centre Party		Fredrik Reinfeldt
	Sven-Erik Bucht	2014–	Social Democrats		Stefan Löfven

Swedish ministries and ministerial offices

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Ministries

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Former	Land Defence Naval Affairs Civil Affairs Trade Communications Public Housekeeping Interior Housing Budget Economy Integration and Gender Equality Rural Affairs

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