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The Prime Minister or Statsminister 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.
1 Under the Constitution of 1809
Since the Constitution of 1809 there had actually been the two titles of Prime Minister for Justice or Justitiestatsminister and Prime Minister 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 Prime Minister for Justice became Prime Minister, while the Prime Minister 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.
2 Constitutional Reform
Until 1973 the Government authority had been exercised through the Privy Council when constitutional reform provided a new Instrument of Government which formally established the parliamentary principles and created a Cabinet Government.
Following a general election, the Speaker of the Riksdag holds consultations with the party leaders and appoints a Prime Minister-designate, who then submits a list of ministers for approval to the Parliament. If the list is approved they form a Cabinet Government under the leadership of the Prime Minister. Single ministers can be forced to resign by a vote of no confidence by Parliament, but if the Prime Minister is forced to resign the entire cabinet falls and the process starts over.
3 The Sager House
In 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac the Sager HouseThe Sager House is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sweden. It is located between Rosenbad, the Government Chancellery and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It lies across from the Riksdag building, on Helgeandsholmen and the Royal Palace o was acquired, and since 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja it has served as residence for the Prime Minister. The Sager House is located adjacent to RosenbadRosenbad is the building primarily associated with the Prime Ministers Office and the Government Chancellery in Sweden. It is located in the center of Stockholm, adjacent to the Sager House, the official residence of the Prime Minister and across the stre, the Government chancellery, straight across the water from HelgeandsholmenHelgeandsholmen is a small island in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. The island is directly north of Stadsholmen and the Royal Palace together with which it forms the Old town of Stockholm. A single building stands on the island, which is the building of with the Riksdag building, and beyond that lies the Royal Palace.
