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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
1769-1772 : Parliamentary rule with a Hat Party government; 1772-1792 : King Gustaf III of Sweden, enlightened despotism; 1792-1792 : Regent Duke Charles, leader of government under the minority of the monarch; 1792-1796 : Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, leader of government under the minority of the monarch; 1796-1809 : King Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden
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 name for Sweden is generally agreed to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *s(w)e, meaning "one's own", referring to one's own tribe from the tribal period. [16] [17] [18] The native Swedish name, Sverige (a compound of the words Svea and rike, first recorded in the cognate Swēorice in Beowulf), [19] translates as "realm of the Swedes", which excluded the Geats in Götaland.
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.
The Kristersson cabinet (Swedish: regeringen Kristersson) is the 57th government of Sweden and is formed by Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party.It is a coalition government consisting of three parties: the Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats, and the Liberals. [1]
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 ...