Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Ställföreträdande statsminister
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Incumbent Ebba Busch since 18 October 2022
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Gunnar Sträng
Formation	1 January 1975; 49 years ago (1975-01-01)
Website	Government of Sweden

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The deputy prime minister of Sweden (Swedish: Ställföreträdande statsminister) is the deputy head of government of Sweden. The incumbent deputy prime minister is Ebba Busch.

The Swedish constitution allows the prime minister to appoint one of the ministers in the cabinet as deputy prime minister (Swedish: ställföreträdande statsminister, sometimes unofficially known as vice statsminister), in case the prime minister for some reason is prevented from performing his or her duties. If a deputy prime minister has not been appointed, the minister in the cabinet who has served the longest time (and if there are several with equal experience the one who is oldest) takes over as head of government (these are marked in italic in the table below).

A deputy prime minister can only serve as prime minister in a temporary function, as the resignation of a prime minister automatically includes the entire Cabinet, and the Instrument of Government requires the Speaker of the Riksdag to dismiss the Cabinet in the case of the death of the prime minister.