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The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sveriges regering) is the national cabinet of Sweden, and the country's executive authority.. The Government consists of the Prime Minister—appointed and dismissed by the Speaker of the Riksdag—and other cabinet ministers (Swedish: Statsråd), appointed and dismissed at the sole discretion of the Prime Minister.
Sweden–NATO relations; China–Sweden relations; Denmark–Sweden relations; Finland–Sweden relations; France–Sweden relations; Germany–Sweden relations; Italy–Sweden relations; Norway–Sweden relations; Russia–Sweden relations; Sweden–Turkey relations; Sweden–United Kingdom relations; Sweden–United States relations
1672-1697 : King Charles XI of Sweden; 1697-1697 : Privy Council, government under the minority of the monarch; 1697-1718 : King Charles XII of Sweden; 1718-1738 : Chancellery President Arvid Horn, leader of a Cap Party government; 1738-1765 : Parliamentary rule with a Hat Party government; 1765-1769 : Parliamentary rule with a Cap Party government
Before 1876, when the office of prime minister was created, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from the monarch.The most-senior member of the Privy Council during the period of absolute rule was the lord high chancellor, whose role was similar to that of a head of government.
The most important is the Instrument of Government of 1974 which sets out the basic principles of political life in Sweden, defining rights and freedoms. The Act of Succession is a treaty between the old Riksdag of the Estates and House of Bernadotte regulating their rights to accede to the Swedish throne.
The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden.The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the agencies and preparing decision and policy papers for the government as a collective body to decide upon.
In most parliamentary democracies, the head of state commissions a politician to form a government. Under the new Instrument of Government [12] (one of the four fundamental laws of the Constitution) enacted in 1974, that task was removed from the Monarch of Sweden and given to the Speaker of the Riksdag. To make changes to the Constitution ...
Prior to the creation of the office, Sweden had no official head of government separate from the king; the country in periods was an absolute monarchy. However, several figures had formerly attained de facto status as leader of the government. Today, the prime minister holds the most influential political role in Sweden. [2]