Minister for Defence

Sources

• riksdagen.se · checked Oct 12, 2026 Sveriges riksdag, Regeringsform (SFS 1974:152), read 2026-10-12: 6 kap. 1 § "Statsministern tillsätter övriga statsråd"; selection_detail citation corrected from ch. 6 s. 5 to ch. 6 s. 1. For: Minister for Defence
• riksdagen.se · checked Oct 12, 2026 Source for office row added by verifier (first load gave none): Sveriges riksdag, The Constitution (Instrument of Government, Act of Succession), read 2026-10-12: monarch, Prime Minister elected by the Riksdag, ministers appointed by the Prime Minister; portfolio titles from Riksdagen open data personlista. For: Minister for Defence
• data.riksdagen.se · checked Oct 12, 2026 Sveriges riksdag, Riksdagen open data personlista (JSON), fetched 2026-10-12, read 2026-10-12: members, party, constituency, mandate dates, Speaker, deputy speakers and ministers. For: Minister for Defence in Swedish, Pål Jonson, current term
• data.riksdagen.se · checked Oct 12, 2026 Sveriges riksdag, Riksdagen open data personlista (JSON), fetched 2026-10-12, read 2026-10-12: start_date corrected to the start of the continuous ministerial assignment: Försvarsminister continuously since 2022-10-18. Riksdagen splits each assignment into new records at every reshuffle (2024-09-10, 2025-06-28, 2025-09-09), which the first load took as start dates. For: Pål Jonson, current term
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, 2026 Swedish government formation, last edited 2026-10-12, read 2026-10-12: Kristersson resignation request 17 Sept 2026, caretaker status, no PM vote yet. Fallback: Wikipedia, because regeringen.se/riksdagen.se do not state caretaker status; cross-checked against riksdagen.se/sv/aktuellt (Speaker elected 28 Sept, Kristersson still statsminister 12 Oct). For: Pål Jonson, current term