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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.
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
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
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.
Sweden is formally a monarchy with a monarch holding symbolic power. Sweden has a typical Western European history of democracy, beginning with the old Viking age Ting electing kings, ending with a hereditary royal power in the 14th century, that in periods became more or less democratic depending on the general European trends. The current ...
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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]
The formal change of government, and thus the start of the term for the new prime minister takes place at a Council of State at the Royal Palace. This is a government meeting chaired by the king, currently Carl XVI Gustaf. During this meeting, the speaker gives an account of the nomination and election process.