Governments and Prime Ministers since 1900

An overview of all the governments that held office during the 20th century including the name of the Prime Minister and the government's political affiliation.
 

  Non-Socialist Government
  Social Demokratic Government
 

Year

Prime minister

The government's political affiliation

12-09-1900
05-07-1902

 

Fredrik von Otter

Non Socialists Government

05-07-1902 
13-04-1905

 

Erik Gustaf Boström

Bourgeois

13-04-1905
02-08-1905

 

Johan Ramstedt

Care taker government

02-08-1905
07-11-1905

 

Christian Lundberg

Coalition Government: Bourgeois

07-11-1905
29-05-1906

 

Karl Staaff

Liberal Party

29-05-1906
07-10-1911

 

Arvid Lindman

Conservative Party

07-10-1911
17-02-1914

 

Karl Staaff

Liberal Party

17-02-1914
30-03-1917

 

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld

Conservative Party

30-03-1917
19-10-1917

 

Carl Swartz

Conservative Party

19-10-1917
10-03-1920

 

Nils Edén

Coalition Government: Liberal Party, Social Democrat

10-03-1920
27-10-1920

 

Hjalmar Branting

Social Democrat

27-10-1920
23-02-1921

 

Louis De Geer (dy)

Caretaker government

23-02-1921
13-10-1921

 

Oscar von Sydow

Caretaker government

13-10-1921
19-04-1923

 

Hjalmar Branting

Social Democrats

19-04-1923
18-10-1924

 

Ernst Trygger

Conservative party

18-10-1924
24-01-1925

 

Hjalmar Branting

Social Democrats

24-01-1925
07-06-1926

 

Rickard Sandler

Social Democrats

07-06-1926
02-10-1928

 

Carl Gustaf Ekman

Coalition: Independent Liberal

02-10-1928
07-06-1930

 

Arvid Lindman

Conservative Party

07-06-1930
06-08-1932

 

Carl Gustaf Ekman

Independent

06-08-1932
24-09-1932

 

Felix Hamrin

Independent

24-09-1932
19-06-1936

 

Per Albin Hansson

Social Democrats supported by Agrarian Party

19-06-1936
28-09-1936

 

Axel Pehrsson (i Bramstorp)

Agrarian Party (Caretaker government)

28-09-1936
13-12-1939

 

Per Albin Hansson

Coalition Government: Social Democrats, Agrarian Party

13-12-1939
31-07-1945

 

Per Albin Hansson

Coalition government: Social Democrats, Agrarian,  Liberal and  Conservative Parties 

31-07-1945
06-10-1946

 

Per Albin Hansson

Social Democrats

06-10-1946
01-10-1951

 

Tage Erlander

Social Democrats

01-10-1951
31-10-1957

 

Tage Erlander

Coalition government: Social Democrats/Agrarian party

31-10-1957
14-10-1969

 

Tage Erlander

Social Democrats

14-10-1969
08-10-1976

 

Olof Palme

Social Democrats

08-10-1976
18-10-1978

 

Thorbjörn Fälldin

Coalition government: Centre Party, Moderate Party, Liberal Party

18-10-1978
12-10-1979

 

Ola Ullsten

Liberal Party

12-10-1979
19-05-1981

 

Thorbjörn Fälldin

Coalition government: Centre Party, Moderate Party, Liberal Party

19-05-1981
08-10-1982

 

Thorbjörn Fälldin

Coalition government: Centre Party, Liberal Party

08-10-1982
28-02-1986

 

Olof Palme

Social Democrats

28-02-1986
26-02-1990

 

Ingvar Carlsson

Social Democrats

26-02-1990
04-10-1991

 

Ingvar Carlsson

Social Democrats

04-10-1991
07-10-1994

 

Carl Bildt

Coalition government: Centre Party, Liberal Party, Moderate Party and the Christian Democrats Party

07-10-1994
22-03-1996

 

Ingvar Carlsson

Social Democrats

22-03-1996
06-10-2006

 

Göran Persson

Social Democrats

06-10-2006
 
Fredrik Reinfeldt Coalition government: Centre Party, Liberal Party, Moderate Party and the Christian Democrats