| Socialdepartementet | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 July 1920 (1920-07-01)[1] |
| Jurisdiction | SFS 1996:1515 |
| Headquarters | Fredsgatan 8,Stockholm |
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| Website | www |
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TheMinistry of Health and Social Affairs (Swedish:Socialdepartementet) is aministry in theGovernment of Sweden responsible for policies related tosocial 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 theMinister for Social Affairs and Public Health,Jakob Forssmed of theChristian Democrats.[2]
The ministry was established on 1 July 1920 when theMinistry of Civil Service Affairs was split into two ministries, theMinistry of Social Affairs and theMinistry of Communications.
It is located atFredsgatan 8 inStockholm.
The largest agency under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (sorted by operating costs) is theSwedish Social Insurance Agency, with annual costs over 15% of GDP and 16,000 employees.[3] This agency is in charge offinancial aspects of family policy and social security in the event of illness and disability.
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs is principal for 20government agencies, two state-owned companies (Systembolaget AB, operating analcohol monopoly, andApoteket Produktion % Laboratorier AB, operating non-monopolistic entity) and three funds.
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| No. | Portrait | Name | Title | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Prime Minister | |
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| 1 | Troedsson, IngegerdIngegerd Troedsson (1929–2012) | Minister for Health Care | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | 2 years, 10 days | Moderate | Fälldin, ThorbjörnThorbjörn Fälldin (C) | ||
| 2 | Lindahl, HeddaHedda Lindahl (1919–2007) | Minister for Health Care | 18 October 1978 | 12 October 1979 | 359 days | Liberals | Ullsten, OlaOla Ullsten (L) | ||
| 3 | Holm, ElisabethElisabet Holm (1917–1997) | Minister for Health Care | 12 October 1979 | 5 May 1981 | 1 year, 205 days | Moderate | Fälldin, ThorbjörnThorbjörn Fälldin (C) | ||
| 4 | Ahrland, KarinKarin Ahrland (1931–2019) | 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: 1994–2004 | |||||||||
| 6 | Johansson, YlvaYlva Johansson (born 1964) | Minister for Health and Elderly Care | 13 September 2004 | 6 October 2006 | 2 years, 23 days | Social Democrats | Persson, GöranGöran Persson (S/SAP) | ||
| Title not used: 2006–2014 | |||||||||
| 7 | 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 | |||||||||
| 8 | Ankarberg Johansson, AckoAcko Ankarberg Johansson (born 1964) | Minister for Health Care | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 39 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 | 3 years, 39 days | Moderate | Kristersson, UlfUlf Kristersson (M) | ||
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