Prime Minister of Sweden

Prime Minister of Sweden ; Sveriges statsminister
	Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
	State flag
	Incumbent; Stefan Löfven; since 3 October 2014
Style	Excellency; was used up to the 1970s in Sweden; but is still used in diplomatic writing
Member of	The Government; European Council
Reports to	The Riksdag
Residence	Sager House
Seat	Rosenbad, Stockholm, Sweden
Nominator	The Speaker of the Riksdag; following consultations with the party leaders in the Riksdag
Appointer	The Speaker of the Riksdag; following a vote in the Riksdag
Term length	No term limit; serves as long as the incumbent has majority support in the Riksdag
Constituting instrument	1974 Instrument of Government
Inaugural holder	Louis Gerhard De Geer
Formation	20 March 1876
Deputy	Deputy to the Prime Minister
Salary	annual: 1,920,000 SEK; €207,478 / $229,968 / £147,239; (1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016)
Website	http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2058

The Prime Minister (Swedish: statsminister, literally "Minister of the State") is the head of government in Sweden. The office was created in 1876. Louis Gerhard De Geer, the architect behind the new bicameral Riksdag of 1866 that replaced the centuries-old Riksdag of the Estates, became the first officeholder in 1876.

The current Prime Minister of Sweden is Stefan Löfven, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.^[3]

Until 1974, the executive authority in Sweden had been exercised through the King in Council. Constitutional reform provided a new Instrument of Government which de jure established the parliamentary system and created a cabinet government with constitutional powers not derived from the Crown.

Living former Prime Ministers[change | change source]

Living former Prime Ministers
Ingvar Carlsson
born (1934-11-09) 9 November 1934 (age 83)
served 1986–1991 and 1994–1996
Carl Bildt
born (1949-07-15) 15 July 1949 (age 68)
served 1991–1994
Göran Persson
born (1949-01-20) 20 January 1949 (age 69)
served 1996–2006
Fredrik Reinfeldt
born (1965-08-04) 4 August 1965 (age 52)
served 2006–2014

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Prime Minister of Sweden Sveriges statsminister
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
State flag
Incumbent Stefan Löfven since 3 October 2014
Style	Excellency was used up to the 1970s in Sweden; but is still used in diplomatic writing^[1]
Member of	The Government European Council
Reports to	The Riksdag
Residence	Sager House
Seat	Rosenbad, Stockholm, Sweden
Nominator	The Speaker of the Riksdag following consultations with the party leaders in the Riksdag
Appointer	The Speaker of the Riksdag following a vote in the Riksdag
Term length	No term limit serves as long as the incumbent has majority support in the Riksdag
Constituting instrument	1974 Instrument of Government
Inaugural holder	Louis Gerhard De Geer
Formation	20 March 1876
Deputy	Deputy to the Prime Minister
Salary	annual: 1,920,000 SEK^[2] €207,478 / $229,968 / £147,239 (1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016)
Website	http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2058