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The Prime Minister (, literally "Minister of State") is the Head Of Government in Sweden . Before 1876 , when the office of Prime Minister was instituted, Sweden did not have a formal head of government. The architect behind the new Riksdag of 1866 , Louis De Geer became the first Prime Minister, but ironically it had been the absence of his informal leadership in the Government that had brought about the reform. The current Prime Minister of Sweden is Fredrik Reinfeldt , leader of the Moderate Party . UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1809 Since the Constitution of 1809 there had actually been the two titles of Minister of State for Justice or ''justitiestatsminister'' and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs or ''utrikesstatsminister'', but their roles had merely been that of a head for respective Ministry. At the introduction of the new office in 1876, the Minister of State for Justice became Minister of State (Prime Minister), while the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs was nominally demoted to Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Minister for Foreign Affairs did however continue to be Styled as Excellency, an honour shared only with the Prime Minister. CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OF 1973 Until 1973 the Government authority had been exercised through the Privy Council when Constitution al reform provided a new Instrument Of Government which formally established the Parliamentary System and created a Cabinet Government. Whenever a Prime Minister resigns, dies, or is forced from office by the Riksdag, the Speaker Of The Riksdag asks him (or his deputy) to keep the government as a Caretaker Government until a successor has been elected. The speaker then holds consultations with the party leaders and appoints a Prime Minister-designate, who is submitted for approval to the Riksdag . If the Prime Minister-designate is approved he or she chooses which and how many members (ministers) are to be included in his or her government. ''"How a Government is formed"'' , Government Offices of Sweden web site With the exception of the Prime Minister, ministers of the government do not need the approval of the Riksdag but can be forced to resign by a vote of no confidence. If the Prime Minister is forced by a vote of no confidence to resign the entire cabinet falls and the process of electing a Prime minister starts over. The Prime minister can dissolve the parliament even after receiving a vote of no confidence except the first three months after an election. THE SAGER HOUSE In 1991 the Sager House was acquired, and since 1995 it has served as residence for the Prime Minister. The Sager House is located adjacent to Rosenbad , the Government chancellery, straight across the water from Helgeandsholmen with the Riksdag building, and beyond that lies the Royal Palace . OFFICEHOLDERS (1809-PRESENT) List of Prime Ministers of Sweden (1876-Present) NOTES SEE ALSO
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