Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden)
The Ministry of Education and Research (Swedish: Utbildningsdepartementet) is a government ministry in Sweden responsible for matters relating to schools, universities, colleges, and research.
| Utbildningsdepartementet | |
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| Formed | 1840[1] |
| Employees | about 200 |
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| Website | sweden |
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Before 1968 the ministry was called the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs.
The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 16 in central Stockholm.
Organization
The Ministry of Education and Research has a staff of 200. The head of the ministry is the Minister for Education, currently Anna Ekström (S).
Areas of responsibility
- Education and research
- Gender equality
- Policy for civil society
- Youth policy
Government agencies
The Ministry of Education and Research is principal to the following government agencies:
- Schools, children and youth
- National Agency for Education, or (Skolverket)
- Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen)
- Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten)
- Sami Education Board (Sameskolstyrelsen)
- Board of Appeal for Education (Skolväsendets överklagandenämnd)
- Higher education
- Public universities and colleges
- Council for Higher Education, or (Universitets- och högskolerådet)
- Board of Student Finance, or (Centrala studiestödsnämnden)
- Higher Education Appeals Board (Överklagandenämnden för högskolan)
- National Board of Appeal for Student Aid (Överklagandenämnden för studiestöd)
- Higher Education Authority (Universitetskanslersämbetet)
- Agency for Higher Vocational Education (Myndigheten för yrkeshögskolan)
- Research
- Institute of Space Physics, or (Institutet för rymdfysik)
- National Library, or (Kungliga biblioteket)
- Polar Research Secretariat, or (Polarforskningssekretariatet)
- Space Agency, or (Rymdstyrelsen)
- Research Council, or (Vetenskapsrådet)
- Institute for Educational Research (Skolforskningsinstitutet)
- Royal Academy of Science (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademie)
- Ethical Review Authority (Etikprövningsmyndigheten)
Ministers for Higher Education and Research
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) |
Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| 1 |  |
Lars Leijonborg (born 1949) |
12 September 2007 | 17 June 2009 | 1 year, 278 days | Liberal People's | Reinfeldt M—FP—C—KD | |
| 2 |  |
Tobias Krantz (born 1971) |
17 June 2009 | 5 October 2010 | 1 year, 110 days | Liberal People's | ||
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Jan Björklund (born 1962) |
5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | 3 years, 363 days | Liberal People's | ||
| 4 |  |
Helene Hellmark Knutsson (born 1969) |
3 October 2014 | 21 January 2019 | 4 years, 110 days | Social Democrats | Löfven I S—MP | |
| 5 |  |
Matilda Ernkrans (born 1973) |
21 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 15 days | Social Democrats | Löfven II S—MP | |
References
- "Utbildningsdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 November 2010. (subscription required)
External links
- Ministry of Education and Research, official website (in English)
- Utbildningsdepartementet, official website (in Swedish)
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