15th century

• Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
  Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
  Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was a Swedish rebel leader and later statesman. He was the leader of the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 against Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union.-Biography:...
  
   (~1390 – 1436)
• Karl Knutsson Bonde (1409–1470)
• Sten Sture the Elder
  Sten Sture the Elder
  Sten Sture the Elder was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden from .-Background:...
  
   (1440–1503)

16th century

• Svante Nilsson Sture (1460–1512)
• Sten Sture the Younger
  Sten Sture the Younger
  Sten Sture the Younger , Lord of Ekesiö , was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the era of the Kalmar Union.-Life:...
  
   (1492–1520)
• Christina Gyllenstierna
  Christina Gyllenstierna
  Christina Nilsdotter of Fogelvik, Heiress of Tullgarn , was the wife of the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger, and after his death, leader of resistance to Christian II of Denmark...
  
   (1494–1559)
• Gustav Vasa
  Gustav I of Sweden
  Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....
  
   (1496–1560)
• Jöran Persson
  Jöran Persson
  Jöran Persson, alternatively Göran Persson , was King Eric XIV of Sweden's favorite, most trusted, counsellor and head of the King's network of spies. He was widely seen as a Machiavellian figure, and of holding too much influence over Eric...
  
   (1530–1568)

17th century

• Gustav Bonde (1620–1667)
• Per Brahe
  Per Brahe
  Per Brahe may refer to:*Count Per Brahe the Elder , Swedish statesman*Count Per Brahe the Younger , Swedish soldier and statesman* The Swedish steamer ferry Per Brahe, wrecked in 1918...
  
   (1602–1680)
• Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
  Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
  Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five offices counted as the Great Officers of the Realm, namely Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Chancellor and Lord High...
  
   (1622–1686)
• Johann Patkul
  Johann Patkul
  Johann Reinhold Patkul was a Livonian politician and agitator of Baltic German extraction.Patkul was born in prison at Stockholm, where his father had been imprisoned under suspicion of treason...
  
   (1660–1707)
• Axel Oxenstierna
  Axel Oxenstierna
  Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre , Count of Södermöre, was a Swedish statesman. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of first Gustavus Adolphus and then Queen Christina.Oxenstierna...
  
   (1583–1654)
• Bengt Oxenstierna
  Bengt Oxenstierna
  Bengt Oxenstierna may refer to:*Bengt Oxenstierna , Swedish Privy Councillor, Governor-General of Ingria and Livonia*Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna , President of the Royal Swedish Chancellery...
  
   (1623–1702)
• Gabriel Oxenstierna
  Gabriel Oxenstierna
  Baron Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman.Born either in Tyresö, Sweden, or in Reval , he was the son of Privy Councillor Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna and Barbro Axelsdotter Bielke...
  
   (1587–1640)
• Johan Oxenstierna
  Johan Oxenstierna
  Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre was a Count and a Swedish statesman.The son of Axel Oxenstierna, he was born in Stockholm. He completed his studies at Uppsala in 1631, and was sent by his father on a grand tour through France, the Netherlands and Great Britain...
  
   (1611–1657)
• Anders Torstenson
  Anders Torstenson
  Count Anders Torstenson , Swedish statesman, son of Lennart Torstenson and member of the Privy Council, was from 1674 to 1681 Governor-General of Estonia. The family became extinct on the sword-side in 1727.-References:...
  
   (1641–1686)

18th century

• Axel von Fersen, Sr.
  Axel von Fersen, Sr.
  300-px|thumb|right|Fredrik Axel von FersenCount Fredrik Axel von Fersen was a Swedish statesman and soldier.-Biography:...
  
   (1755–1810)
• Arvid Horn
  Arvid Horn
  Count Arvid Bernhard Horn of Ekebyholm was a Swedish soldier, diplomat and politician. He served twice as President of the Privy Council Chancellery and was one of the leading figures of the Swedish Age of Liberty.- Soldier and diplomat :He was born Arvid Bernhard Horn in Vuorentaka ,...
  
   (1664–1742)
• Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm
  Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm
  Baron Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm , was a Swedish statesman.-Early career:...
  
   (1756–1813)
• Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten
  Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten
  Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten was a Swedish and Finnish officer and politician, and half-brother of Georg Magnus Sprengtporten.In his twelfth year he chose the profession of arms, and served his country with distinction...
  
   (1727–1786)
• Göran Magnus Sprengtporten (1740–1819)

19th century

• Nils Magnus Brahe (1790–1844)
• Louis De Geer (1818–1896)
• Axel von Fersen, Jr. (1755–1810)
• Carl Gustaf Nordin
  Carl Gustaf Nordin
  Carl Gustaf Nordin was a Swedish statesman, historian and ecclesiastic.-Early life:...
  
   (1749–1812)
• Johan Gabriel Richert
  Johan Gabriel Richert
  Johan Gabriel Richert, , Swedish jurist and politician. He was one of Sweden's most distinguished lawyers during the former half of the 19th century and is regarded as the father of Swedish liberalism. His thinking was mainly influenced by Benthamism, but Richert was also influenced by Kant...
  
   (1784-1864)

20th century

• Carl Bildt
  Carl Bildt
  , Honorary KCMG is a Swedish politician, diplomat and nobleman. Formerly Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, Bildt has served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs since 6 October 2006...
  
   (born 1949)
• Gösta Bohman
  Gösta Bohman
  Bo Gösta Bohman was a Swedish politician and the leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1970 to 1981, during a period in which the party strengthened its position in Swedish politics. He served as Minister for the Economy during the three-party centre-right Swedish...
  
   (born 1911)
• Ingvar Carlsson
  Ingvar Carlsson
  Gösta Ingvar Carlsson is a Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party ....
  
   (born 1934)
• Birgitta Dahl
  Birgitta Dahl
  Rut Birgitta Dahl is a Swedish former politician of the Social Democratic Party.- Education and career :Birgitta Dahl was born in Råda, Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County. She earned a B.A. at Uppsala University in 1960. During her studies she was politically active in the Uppsala...
  
  
• Tage Erlander
  Tage Erlander
  was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969...
  
   (1901–1985)
• Thorbjörn Fälldin
  Thorbjörn Fälldin
  Thorbjörn Fälldin is a Swedish politician. He was Prime Minister of Sweden in three non-consecutive cabinets from 1976 to 1982, and leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1971 to 1985...
  
  
• Olof Palme
  Olof Palme
  Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...
  
   (1927–1986)
• Ola Ullsten
  Ola Ullsten
  Stig Kjell Olof Ullsten is a Swedish liberal politician, former Prime Minister of Sweden and former leader of the Swedish Liberal People's Party.-Background and early career:...
  
  
• Lars Werner
  Lars Werner
  Lars Helge Werner is a Swedish politician. A construction worker by profession, he was elected the chairman of the Left Party - Communists in 1975 and was a member of the Swedish parliament from 1965 to 1994. During his time as party leader, in 1990, the party changed its name to the Left Party,...
  
  
• Birger Ekstedt
  Birger Ekstedt
  Birger Ekstedt, , was a Swedish politician and a priest.Birger Ekstedt began his political career as a cultural-conservative member of the right-wing youth organisation, Högerns Ungdomsförbund and a frequent editorial in their newspaper.After losing a battle over the party's manifesto in 1956 he...
  
  
• Jerzy Einhorn
  Jerzy Einhorn
  Jerzy Einhorn was a Polish-born Swedish medical doctor, researcher and politician . His Hebrew name was Chil Josef, after his paternal grandfather....
  
  

21st century

• Jan Björklund
  Jan Björklund
  Jan Arne Björklund is a Swedish politician. He is the leader of the Liberal People's Party and serves as Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister in the Swedish government.- Education and military career :...
  
  
• Inger Davidson
  Inger Davidson
  Inger Davidson, born Inger Windblad , is a Swedish Christian Democrat politician.Elementary school teacher 1969-1987, party secretary 1989-91, minister of civilian infrastructure 1991-94, member of the Riksdag since 1991.-External links:...
  
  
• Peter Eriksson
• Rickard Falkvinge
  Rickard Falkvinge
  Rickard ”Rick” Falkvinge , born Dick Augustsson on 21 January 1972 in Gothenburg, is a Swedish IT entrepreneur known as the founder and first party leader of the Swedish Pirate Party. He is currently a political evangelist with the party, spreading the ideas across the world...
  
  
• Laila Freivalds
  Laila Freivalds
  Laila Ligita Freivalds is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and a former Swedish Minister for Justice, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister....
  
   (born 1942)—former Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Bo Holmberg
  Bo Holmberg
  Bo Lindor Holmberg , born in Härnösand, Västernorrlands län, Sweden, was a Swedish politician, Governor of Södermanland, and widower of former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh....
  
  
• Göran Hägglund
  Göran Hägglund
  Bo Göran Hägglund is a Swedish politician and the current leader of the Christian Democrats of Sweden . He was elected Party Leader on 3 April 2004, succeeding Alf Svensson...
  
  
• Lars Leijonborg
  Lars Leijonborg
  Lars Erik Ansgar Leijonborg is a Swedish politician, Minister for Higher Education and Research 2006-2009 and Head of the Ministry of Education and Research 2006-2007...
  
  
• Anna Lindh
  Anna Lindh
  Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, Chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League 1984-1990, Member of Parliament 1982-1985 and 1998-2003...
  
   (1957–2003) - Minister for Foreign Affairs (10/7 1998 - 9/11 2003) Assassinated 9/11 2003
• Bo Lundgren
  Bo Lundgren
  Bo Axel Magnus Lundgren is a Swedish politician. He is the former leader of the Moderate Party. Lundgren was born in Kristianstad in Skåne. Between 1991 and 1994, he served as Deputy Minister of Finance with special responsibility for taxation...
  
   (born 1947)
• Mats Odell
  Mats Odell
  Mats Christer Johannes Odell is a Swedish politician and former minister of communications . From October 2006 until October 2010, when he was replaced by Peter Norman, he served as Minister for Financial Markets.Odell was chairman of the Young Christian Democrats 1975–1981...
  
  
• Maud Olofsson
  Maud Olofsson
  Maud Elisabeth Olofsson is a Swedish politician, the former leader of the Centre Party of Sweden between 2001-2011, and the former Minister for Enterprise and Energy between 2006 and 2011...
  
  
• Marit Paulsen
  Marit Paulsen
  Marit Eli Paulsen, née Björnerud, is a Norwegian-born Swedish politician, and a Member of the European Parliament for the Liberal Party of Sweden 1999-2004 and 2009–present...
  
  
• Göran Persson
  Göran Persson
  Hans Göran Persson was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Conceding defeat in the September 2006 general election, he announced that he would resign as party leader, and Mona Sahlin was elected to succeed him as...
  
   (born 1949)
• Fredrik Reinfeldt
  Fredrik Reinfeldt
  John Fredrik Reinfeldt is the Prime Minister of Sweden, leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party and former President of the European Council...
  
  — current Prime Minister and Leader of the Moderate Party
• Bosse Ringholm
  Bosse Ringholm
  Bo "Bosse" Ingvar Karchimirer Ringholm is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He held the titles of Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Policy Coordination, and Minister for Sport in the Persson administration.- Career :Ringholm was born in Falköping, a town in the west of...
  
  
• Gudrun Schyman
  Gudrun Schyman
  Gudrun Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work...
  
  
• Alf Svensson
  Alf Svensson
  Alf Robert Olof Svensson is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament from 2009. Alf was the leader of the Christian Democrats in Sweden between 1973 and 3 April 2004. He was a Member of Parliament from 1985 to 1988 and again from 1991 until his election to the European Parliament...
  
  
• Jonas Sjöstedt
  Jonas Sjöstedt
  Jonas Sjöstedt is a Swedish politician and a member of the Swedish parliament since 2010. Opposed to Swedish membership of the European Union, he was elected Member of the European Parliament in 1995 for the Left Party as part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left, until he stood...
  
  
• Björn von Sydow
  Björn von Sydow
  Björn Gustaf von Sydow was the speaker 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...
  
  
• Per Westerberg
  Per Westerberg
  Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and as of 2006 the current Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag, of which he is a member since 1979, and thus also its most senior member ....
  
  —current speaker of the Parliament
  Parliament of Sweden
  The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
  
  
• Maria Wetterstrand
  Maria Wetterstrand
  Ingrid Maria Wetterstrand is a Swedish politician. Between 2002-2011 she was one of the spokespersons of the Green Party alongside with Peter Eriksson...
  
  

See also

• List of Swedish monarchs
• List of Swedish Prime Ministers
  Prime Minister of Sweden
  The Prime Minister is the head of government in the Kingdom of Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested...
  
  
• List of Swedish Ministers for Foreign Affairs
• County Governors of Sweden
• Governor-General in the Swedish Realm
• Viceroy of Norway
  Viceroy of Norway
  The Viceroy of Norway was the appointed head of the Norwegian Government in the absence of the King, during the era of the Union between Sweden and Norway. The role was essentially the same as that of the Governor-general, which has led to confusion as to who filled which office...
  
  

• Politics of Sweden
  Politics of Sweden
  Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Prime Minister of Sweden. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party...
  
  
• List of political parties in Sweden

• Oxenstierna
  Oxenstierna
  Oxenstierna, an ancient Swedish noble family, the origin of which can be traced up to the middle of the 14th century, which had vast estates in Södermanland and Uppland, and began to adopt its armorial designation of Oxenstierna as a personal name towards the end of the 16th century...
  
  , (1583–1654), Sture
  Sture
  Sture was the name of two influential families in Sweden from the late 15th century to the early 16th century. One member of one of these families and two members of the other served as Regents of Sweden in the Kalmar Union between 1470 and 1520...