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TheMinistry of Employment (Swedish:Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet) is aministry in theSwedish government responsible forlabour market, labour law and the work environment. The Ministry is also responsible for the work of advancing gender equality and human rights at national level. Moreover, the Ministry is responsible for efforts to increase integration, combat segregation, racism and discrimination, and strengthen the rights of children andLGBT people.
The Swedish Ministry of Employment has two ministers as of June 2025. TheMinister for Employment,Johan Britz, is head of the Ministry.Nina Larsson is Minister forGender Equality. The ministers also have political advisers on staff who assist them in policy work, providing background material, political assessments, planning and coordination, and media contacts.
The Ministry has an Office of the Director-General for Administrative Affairs, two secretariats and six divisions, which are led by non-politically appointed officials.[1]
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The Ministry of Employment was established in 1974, when theMinistry of the Interior was split into two new ministries. The Ministry of Employment assumed responsibility forlabour market,labour protection andimmigration issues. Housing policies were transferred to a newMinistry of Housing.
On 1 January 1999 the responsibilities of the Ministry of Employment were transferred to the newMinistry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications (Swedish:Näringsdepartementet).
On 1 January 2007 the ministry was reinstituted after a decision by thenew government that took office on 6 October 2006.
The Ministry of Employment is principal for the followinggovernment agencies:
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