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Sweden Appoints Maria Malmer Stenergard as New Foreign Minister

Tobias Billström's unexpected resignation triggers a cabinet reshuffle in the center-right government.

  • Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announces multiple ministerial changes in his conservative government.
  • Maria Malmer Stenergard, former migration minister, steps into the role of foreign minister.
  • Johan Forssell takes over the migration portfolio, while Benjamin Dousa becomes development minister.
  • Jessica Rosencrantz is named the new European Union affairs minister, succeeding Jessika Roswall.
  • Liberal ministers Johan Pehrson and Mats Persson exchange roles as part of the cabinet reconfiguration.
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