WThe Minister for Defence of Sweden is a member of the Government of Sweden. The Minister heads the Ministry for Defence and is appointed and dismissed at the sole discretion of the Prime Minister of Sweden.
WThe Ministry of Defence is a Swedish government ministry responsible for the national defence policy.
WSven Olof Morgan Andersson was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He served as Minister for Defence from 1957 to 1973, and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1976. Andersson also served as Minister of Communications from 1951 to 1957.
WAnders Per-Arne Björck is a Swedish politician who was Minister for Defence from 1991 to 1994 and Governor of Uppsala County from 2003 to 2009.
WLeni Christina Elisabeth Björklund is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She served as Minister for Defence from 2002 to 2006.
WBaron Fredrik Wilhelm Carpelan (1778–1829), from the Carpelan family, was a Swedish baron and official. He was secretary of state for war from 1809 to 1810, and was crucial in the developing of Sweden's postal service.
WGustaf Albrecht Bror Cederström was a Swedish baron and lieutenant general and Minister of War.
WJesper Ingevald Crusebjörn was a Swedish politician and officer of the Swedish Army, eventually attaining the rank of lieutenant general.
WKarin Märta Elisabeth Enström, previously Landerholm is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and military officer, who served as Minister for Defence in the Swedish government from 2012 to 2014.
WGeneral Carl Gustaf Valdemar Hammarskjöld was a Swedish Army officer and conservative politician.
WPer Albin Hansson was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-lived crisis in the summer of 1936, which he ended by forming a coalition government with his main adversary, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp. During World War II, in which Sweden maintained a policy of neutrality, he presided over a government of national unity that included all major parties in the Riksdag with the exception of the Communist Party. Forging the Social Democratic grip on Swedish politics that would last throughout the century, Hansson left an astounding legacy on his party as well as creating the idea of Sweden to become "Folkhemmet", "The People's Home". This remained intact until the early 1990s, including a strict policy of neutrality, a wide-stretching welfare state through parliamentary legislation, and reformist social corporatism rather than Marxist socialization of the means of production. Following the war, Hansson formed a Social Democratic cabinet enjoying absolute majority in the Riksdag before succumbing to a heart attack on his way home from work late at night on 6 October 1946.
WCarl Anders Peter Hultqvist is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He has been Minister for Defence in the Swedish Government since 3 October 2014.
WCount Axel Otto Mörner was a Swedish artist and general.
WHarald Torsten Leonard Nilsson was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He served as Minister for Defence from 1951 to 1957, and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1962 to 1971. Torsten Nilsson also served as Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of Communications.
WMikael Ingemarsson Odenberg is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was a Member of Parliament from 1991 to 2006 and Minister for Defence in the Swedish government from 2006 to 2007. From 1 March 2008 to 28 February 2017 he was the director-general of Svenska kraftnät.
WAdolf Arnold Louis Palander af Vega was a Swedish naval officer, mostly remembered as the captain on Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld's Vega expedition, the first successful attempt to navigate the Northeast Passage.
WFriherre General Axel Emil Rappe was a Swedish Army officer and Minister for War from 1892 and 1899.
WGustav Rosén was a Swedish newspaper owner, journalist and politician. He went to jail and he was Minister of Defence and the Governor of Västerbotten County. He is known for children's day in Umeå, beech lined country roads and temperance.
WLieutenant General Knut Axel Ryding was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include the post of chief of the General Staff and commanding officer of the 3rd Military District and the 3rd Division. Ryding also served as Minister for War for five years
WPer Edvin Sköld was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. As a Minister for Agriculture during the 1930s crisis, Minister for Trade, Minister for Defence during the war and Minister for Finance he was known as the Social Democratic Party's trouble-shooter.
WBjörn Gustaf von Sydow was the speaker (talman) of the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. He held this office following the 2002 election, when he succeeded Birgitta Dahl, until he was replaced on 2 October 2006. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, he had been Minister of Defence in Göran Persson's government between 1997 and 2002, preceded by a short term as Minister of Trade.
WGeneral Lars Herman Tingsten was a Swedish Army officer. He was Minister for War from 1905 to 1907 and Chief of the General Staff from 1919 to 1922.
WSten Sture Tolgfors is an arms lobbyist, manager and part owner of the public affairs firm Rud Pedersen and a former Swedish politician.
WIvar Teodor Vennerström was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1915 - 1936. Vennerström joined the left opposition of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the split of 1917, and initially supported the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. But Vennerström opposed the Twenty-one Conditions of the Communist International and left the Left Party in 1921 as it became the Communist Party of Sweden. Vennerström rejoined the Social Democratic Party in 1924 and he was made Minister for Defence 1932 - 1936.
WAllan Georg Fredrik Vougt was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and Minister for Defence 1945 - 1951. He was the Governor of Malmöhus County from 1951 to his death in 1953.