Ministry for Rural Affairs (Sweden)

Ministry for Rural Affairs
Landsbygdsdepartementet
Agriculture ministry overview
Formed31 March 1900 (1900-03-31)
Dissolved31 December 2014
Superseding Agriculture ministry
HeadquartersStockholm
Annual budgetSEK 12,212,700 (1911)[1]
Minister responsible

The Ministry for Rural Affairs (Swedish: Landsbygdsdepartementet), known between 1900 and 2010 as the Ministry of Agriculture[a] (Swedish: Jordbruksdepartementet, Jo), was a ministry within the government of Sweden. The ministry was responsible for matters relating to rural areas, food and land- and water-based industries, regional development, transport and infrastructure, housing, and community planning. The ministry was headed by the minister for rural affairs (2011–2014) and the minister of agriculture (1900–2010). The ministry was disbanded on 31 December 2014, and from 1 January 2015, the matters was handled by the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Westrin (1910), pp. 118-119 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Utrikes namnbok: svenska myndigheter, organisationer, titlar, EU-organ och länder på engelska, tyska, franska, spanska, finska och ryska (PDF) (11th ed.). Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2021. p. 23. ISBN 9789198657418. SELIBR 7l1vmnds54g3h922.
  3. ^ Gullberg 1977, p. 389
  4. ^ Malmberg 2014


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