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Although it litterally means 'State Minister', in Scandinavian languages it came to be used not for a portfolio or subordinate minister which its English rendering, Minister Of State , stands for in many states, but rather for the top cabinet rank(s):
  • Prime Minister Of Denmark since 1918

  • Prime Minister Of Finland , as official title in Swedish, the second official language; in Finnish ''pääministeri''

  • Prime Minister Of Norway

  • Prime Minister Of Sweden

  • ---here the title has also used in compounds for portfolio ministers more senior then an ordinary Statsråd (member of the royal cabinet, also known as privy council or senate), notably ''Justitie-Statsminster'' for justice (became in 1876 the Prime Minister and the only Statsminister) and ''Statsminister för Utrikes Ärendena'', for Foreign Affairs (comparable to the the US State Secretary, in 1876 'demoted' to State Councillor but retaining the style Excellency)



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