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List of Swedish governments



         


This is a list of Swedish governments and rulers, from the end of the Kalmar Union until the breakthrough of parliamentarism.

The post of Prime Minister of Sweden was introduced in 1876 and continued to rise in importance until the breakthrough of parliamentarism in the 1910s. King Gustav V of Sweden acceded to the throne in 1907 and became the last king that tried to influence government politics in 1914. In 1921 universal suffrage was introduced and Sweden achieved full parliamentary democracy.

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