Minister for Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)

The Minister of Health and Social Affairs or Social minister (Swedish: Socialminister) is the chief of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in the government of Sweden. Lena Hallengren, appointed on 21 January 2019, is the current Minister (Statsråd) for Health and Social Affairs and the current head of the ministry (chef för Socialdepartmentet).

Minister of Health and Social Affairs Statsråd och chef för Socialdepartmentet
Incumbent Lena Hallengren since 21 January 2019
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Bernhard Eriksson
Formation	1920
Website	www.government.se

All Ministers for Health and Social Affairs have been Head of the Ministry, except in 2014–2017 when the Minister for Social Security, Annika Strandhäll, was appointed to be the head of the ministry, as the office of Minister for Health and Social Affairs was temporarily abolished in the Löfven I Cabinet. In 2017, Strandhäll got promoted to the office of Minister for Health and Social Affairs.

List of Head of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

No.		Minister for Health and Social Affairs	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Prime Minister
1		Bernhard Eriksson (1878–1952)	1 July 1920	27 October 1920	118 days		Social Democratic	Hjalmar Branting (S)
2		Henning Elmquist (1871–1933)	27 October 1920	13 October 1921	351 days		Independent	Gerhard Louis De Geer (27 October 1920 – 23 February 1921) Oscar von Sydow (23 February 1921 – 13 October 1921)
3		Herman Lindqvist (1863–1932)	13 October 1921	19 April 1923	1 year, 188 days		Social Democratic	Hjalmar Branting (S)
4		Gösta Malm (1873–1965)	19 April 1923	18 October 1924	1 year, 188 days		Independent	Ernst Trygger (N)
5		Gustav Möller (1884–1970)	18 October 1924	7 June 1926	1 year, 232 days		Social Democratic	Hjalmar Branting (S) (18 October 1924 – 24 January 1925) Rickard Sandler (S) (24 January 1925 – 7 June 1926)
6		Jakob Pettersson (1866–1957)	7 June 1926	2 October 1928	2 years, 117 days		Liberal	Carl Gustaf Ekman (FF)
7		Sven Lübeck (1877–1941)	2 October 1928	7 June 1930	1 year, 248 days		Electoral League	Arvid Lindman (AvF)
8		Sam Larsson (1883–1945)	7 June 1930	24 September 1932	2 years, 109 days		Freeminded People's	Carl Gustaf Ekman (FF) (7 June 1930 – 6 August 1932) Felix Hamrin (FF) (6 August 1932 – 24 September 1932)
(5)		Gustav Möller (1884–1970)	24 September 1932	19 June 1936	3 years, 269 days		Social Democratic	Per Albin Hansson (S)
9		Gerhard Strindlund (1890–1957)	19 June 1936	28 September 1936	101 days		Farmers' League	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (BF)
(5)		Gustav Möller (1884–1970)	28 September 1936	16 December 1938	2 years, 79 days		Social Democratic	Per Albin Hansson (S)
10		Albert Forslund (1881–1957)	16 December 1938	13 December 1939	362 days		Social Democratic	Per Albin Hansson (S)
(5)		Gustav Möller (1884–1970)	13 December 1939	1 October 1951	11 years, 292 days		Social Democratic	Per Albin Hansson (S) (13 December 1939 – 6 October 1946) Tage Erlander (S) (11 October 1946 – 1 October 1951)
11		Gunnar Sträng (1906–1992)	1 October 1951	12 September 1955	3 years, 346 days		Social Democratic	Tage Erlander (S)
12		John Ericsson (1907–1977)	12 September 1955	22 March 1957	1 year, 191 days		Social Democratic	Tage Erlander (S)
13		Torsten Nilsson (1905–1997)	22 March 1955	19 September 1962	7 years, 181 days		Social Democratic	Tage Erlander (S)
14		Sven Aspling (1912–2000)	19 September 1962	8 October 1976	14 years, 19 days		Social Democratic	Tage Erlander (S) (19 September 1962 – 14 October 1969) Olof Palme (S) (19 September 1962 – 8 October 1976)
15		Rune Gustavsson (1920–2002)	8 October 1976	18 October 1978	2 years, 10 days		Centre	Thorbjörn Fälldin (C)
16		Gabriel Romanus (born 1939)	18 October 1978	12 October 1979	359 days		Liberal People's	Ola Ullsten (FP)
17		Karin Söder (1928–2015)	12 October 1979	8 October 1982	2 years, 361 days		Centre	Thorbjörn Fälldin (C)
18		Sten Andersson (1928–2006)	8 October 1982	16 October 1985	3 years, 8 days		Social Democratic	Olof Palme (S)
19		Gertrud Sigurdsen (1923–2015)	16 October 1985	29 January 1989	3 years, 105 days		Social Democratic	Olof Palme (S) (16 October 1985 – 28 February 1986) Ingvar Carlsson (S) (13 March 1986 – 29 January 1989)
20		Sven Hulterström (born 1938)	29 January 1989	11 January 1990	347 days		Social Democratic	Ingvar Carlsson (S)
21		Ingela Thalén (born 1943)	11 January 1990	4 October 1991	1 year, 266 days		Social Democratic	Ingvar Carlsson (S)
22		Bengt Westerberg (born 1943)	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	3 years, 3 days		Liberal People's	Carl Bildt (M)
(21)		Ingela Thalén (born 1943)	7 October 1994	22 March 1996	1 year, 167 days		Social Democratic	Ingvar Carlsson (S)
23		Margot Wallström (born 1954)	22 March 1996	7 October 1998	2 years, 199 days		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
24		Anders Sundström (born 1952)	7 October 1998	26 October 1998	19 days		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
25		Maj-Inger Klingvall (born 1946)	26 October 1998	16 November 1998	21 days		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
26		Lars Engqvist (born 1945)	16 November 1998	1 October 2004	5 years, 320 days		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
27		Berit Andnor (born 1954)	1 October 2004	6 October 2006	2 years, 5 days		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
28		Göran Hägglund (born 1959)	6 October 2006	3 October 2014	7 years, 362 days		Christian Democrats	Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)
29		Annika Strandhäll (born 1975)	3 October 2014	21 January 2019	4 years, 110 days		Social Democratic	Stefan Löfven (S)
30		Lena Hallengren (born 1973)	21 January 2019	Incumbent	2 years, 19 days		Social Democratic	Stefan Löfven (S)