Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden)

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Ministry of Education and Research
Agency overview
Utbildningsdepartementet
Formed	1968 (1968)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Employees	about 200
Ministers responsible	Mats Persson, Head of the Ministry Minister for Education Lotta Edholm, Minister for Schools
Website	government.se/government-of-sweden/ministry-of-education-and-research

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The Ministry of Education and Research (Swedish: Utbildningsdepartementet) is a government ministry in Sweden responsible for matters relating to schools, universities, colleges, and research.

Before 1968, the ministry was called the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 16 in central Stockholm.

Organization

The Ministry of Education and Research has a staff of 200. The head of the ministry is the Minister for Education, currently Mats Persson (L).

Areas of responsibility

Education and research

Government agencies

The Ministry of Education and Research is principal to the following government agencies:

Schools, children and youth

National Agency for Education, or (Skolverket)
Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen)
Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten)
Sami Education Board (Sameskolstyrelsen)
Board of Appeal for Education (Skolväsendets överklagandenämnd)

Higher education

Public universities and colleges
Council for Higher Education, or (Universitets- och högskolerådet)
Board of Student Finance, or (Centrala studiestödsnämnden)
Higher Education Appeals Board (Överklagandenämnden för högskolan)
National Board of Appeal for Student Aid (Överklagandenämnden för studiestöd)
Office of the Chancellor of the Swedish Universities (Universitetskanslersämbetet)
Agency for Higher Vocational Education (Myndigheten för yrkeshögskolan)

Research

Institute of Space Physics, or (Institutet för rymdfysik)
National Library, or (Kungliga biblioteket)
Polar Research Secretariat, or (Polarforskningssekretariatet)
Space Agency, or (Rymdstyrelsen)
Research Council, or (Vetenskapsrådet)
Institute for Educational Research (Skolforskningsinstitutet)
Royal Academy of Science (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademie)
Ethical Review Authority (Etikprövningsmyndigheten)

Ministers for Higher Education and Research

No.	Portrait	Minister (Born–Died)	Tenure			Political party	Cabinet
No.	Portrait	Minister (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Political party	Cabinet
1		Lars Leijonborg (born 1949)	12 September 2007	17 June 2009	1 year, 278 days	Liberal People's		Reinfeldt M—FP—C—KD
2		Tobias Krantz (born 1971)	17 June 2009	5 October 2010	1 year, 110 days	Liberal People's
3		Jan Björklund (born 1962)	5 October 2010	3 October 2014	3 years, 363 days	Liberal People's
4		Helene Hellmark Knutsson (born 1969)	3 October 2014	21 January 2019	4 years, 110 days	Social Democrats		Löfven I S—MP
5		Matilda Ernkrans (born 1973)	21 January 2019	30 November 2021	2 years, 313 days	Social Democrats		Löfven II S—MP Löfven III S—MP
The minister post was abolished in the Andersson Cabinet and the portfolio overtaken by the Minister for Education.

References

"Utbildningsdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 November 2010. (subscription required)

External links

Ministry of Education and Research, official website (in English)
Utbildningsdepartementet, official website (in Swedish)

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