National
Minister for Rural Affairs
- Swedish: Landsbygdsminister
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the Prime Minister
- Exact method
- Appointed by the Prime Minister (Instrument of Government ch. 6 s. 1). Department: Landsbygds- och infrastrukturdepartementet.
- Chosen by
- Prime Minister
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Peter Kullgren KD Interim since October 2022
Report Source: data.riksdagen.se,
checked (+2 more)
Sources
- riksdagen.se · checked 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 Rural Affairs
- riksdagen.se · checked 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 Rural Affairs
- data.riksdagen.se · checked 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 Rural Affairs in Swedish, Peter Kullgren, current term
- data.riksdagen.se · checked 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: Landsbygdsminister since 2022-10-18 (department renamed 2023-01-01). 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: Peter Kullgren, current term
- en.wikipedia.org · checked 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: Peter Kullgren, current term