| Socialdepartementet | |
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| Formed | 1 July 1920 (1 July 1920)[1] |
| Jurisdiction | SFS 1996:1515 |
| Headquarters | Fredsgatan 8, Stockholm |
| Ministers responsible |
Minister for Healthcare Minister for Older People and Social Security Minister for Social Services |
| Website | www |
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Swedish: Socialdepartementet) is a ministry in the Government of Sweden responsible for policies related to social welfare: social security, social services, medical and health care, public health and the rights of children, the elderly and disabled people.
The ministry is currently headed by the Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Jakob Forssmed of the Christian Democrats.[2]
The ministry was established on 1 July 1920 when the Ministry of Civil Service Affairs was split into two ministries, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Communications.
It's located on Fredsgatan 8inStockholm.
The largest agency under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (sorted by operating costs) is the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, with annual costs over 15% of GDP and 16,000 employees.[3] This agency is in charge of financial aspects of family policy and social security in the event of illness and disability.
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs is principal for 20 government agencies, two state-owned companies (Systembolaget AB, operating a alcohol monopoly, and Apoteket Produktion % Laboratorier AB, operating non-monopolistic entity) and three funds.
| No. | Portrait | Name | Title | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Prime Minister | |
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| 1 |
| Troedsson, IngegerdIngegerd Troedsson (born 1929) | Minister for Health Care | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | 2 years, 10 days | Moderate | Fälldin, ThorbjörnThorbjörn Fälldin (C) | |
| 2 |
| Lindahl, HeddaHedda Lindahl (born 1919) | Minister for Health Care | 18 October 1978 | 12 October 1979 | 359 days | Liberals | Ullsten, OlaOla Ullsten (L) | |
| 3 |
| Holm, ElisabethElisabeth Holm (born 1917) | Minister for Health Care | 12 October 1979 | 5 May 1981 | 1 year, 205 days | Moderate | Fälldin, ThorbjörnThorbjörn Fälldin (C) | |
| 4 |
| Ahrland, KarinKarin Ahrland (born 1931) | Minister for Health Care | 22 May 1981 | 8 October 1982 | 1 year, 139 days | Liberals | Fälldin, ThorbjörnThorbjörn Fälldin (C) | |
| Title not used: 1982–1991 | |||||||||
| 5 |
| Könberg, BoBo Könberg (born 1945) | Minister for Health Care and Social Security | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Liberals | Bildt, CarlCarl Bildt (M) | |
| Title not used: 1994–2014 | |||||||||
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| Wikström, GabrielGabriel Wikström (born 1985) | Minister for Public Health, Health Care and Sports | 3 October 2014 | 27 July 2017 | 2 years, 297 days | Social Democrats | Löfven, StefanStefan Löfven (S/SAP) | |
| Title not used: 2017–2022 | |||||||||
| 7 |
| Ankarberg Johansson, AckoAcko Ankarberg Johansson (born 1964) | Minister for Health Care | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 271 days | Christian Democrats | Kristersson, UlfUlf Kristersson (M) | |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Title | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Prime Minister | |
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| 1 |
| Waltersson GrönvallCamilla Waltersson Grönvall (born 1969) | Minister for Social Services | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 271 days | Moderate | Kristersson, UlfUlf Kristersson (M) | |
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