List of Prime Ministers of Sweden - Statistics - Records

Records

• The earliest born prime minister was the third one to enter office, Carl Johan Thyselius, born on June 8, 1811. The latest born is the incumbent, Fredrik Reinfeldt, born on August 4, 1965.
• The first prime minister to die (who also happens to be the first one born) was the third one to enter office (Carl Johan Thyselius), who died on January 11, 1891. The latest one to die was Olof Palme, who died on February 28, 1986.
• The oldest prime minister has been Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, who died at an age of 91 years, 250 days. Of those still living, Thorbjörn Fälldin is the oldest, at an age of 700187000000000000087 years, 700157000000000000057 days. He is the only still living prime minister who has made it into the "top 5 list" by surpassing Johan Ramstedt on August 31, 2008. He would have to live until January 2, 2018 to surpass Hjalmar Hammarskjöld and become the oldest Swedish prime minister ever (living until January 1, 2018, he would tie with Hammarskjöld).
• The youngest prime minister at his death has been Robert Themptander, who died at an age of 52 years, 351 days. The incumbent Fredrik Reinfeldt is currently 700147000000000000047 years, 7002320000000000000320 days, so if he would die no later than July 20, 2018, he would become the youngest prime minister at death ever (dying on July 21, 2018, he would tie with Themptander).
• The oldest prime minister to enter office was Carl Johan Thyselius, who entered office at an age of 72 years, 5 days. The youngest one was his closest successor Robert Themptander, who entered office at 40 years, 92 days.
• The record for longest period in office is held by Tage Erlander at 23 years, 3 days. The shortest period in office is held by Östen Undén (5 days), but as he was only acting, the shortest ordinary period was Felix Hamrin's, lasting for 49 days. The incumbent Fredrik Reinfeldt surpassed Louis De Geer, Sr. and made it into the "top 10 list" on November 6, 2010. He would have to remain in office until February 23, 2017 to surpass Olof Palme and make it into the "top 5 list" and until October 10, 2029 to become the prime minister with the longest time in office ever (if his terms were to be consecutive).
• The longest time span between two terms of the same minister was between Arvid Lindman's, at 16 years, 361 days between the end of his first term (October 7, 1911) and the beginning of his second term (October 2, 1928). The shortest time span between two terms of the same minister was 101 days, which was the time of Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp's term between the end of Per Albin Hansson's first (June 19, 1936) and the beginning of his second (September 28, 1936).
• Two of the prime ministers (Per Albin Hansson and Olof Palme) have died in office and Palme is the only one who has been assassinated. Thus, those two have not had any life after office (not counting their interim periods between their respective terms). When it comes to those who have, Hjalmar Branting had the shortest time, dying only 31 days after his resignation (he resigned because of health issues and died from Myocarditis and Gallstone). The prime minister living the longest time after resignation was Rickard Sandler, who died 38 years, 159 days after his resignation. This record will be surpassed by Ola Ullsten if he is still alive on March 1, 2018 (Ullsten would then be almost 87 years old).
• The largest number of former and present prime minister living at the same time is 11, which has happened once. This period lasted from September 24, 1932 (the ascension of Per Albin Hansson) to February 25, 1935 (the death of Louis De Geer, Jr.) (2 years, 154 days). During that time, Per Albin Hansson was the present and former still living prime ministers were Johan Ramstedt, Arvid Lindman, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Nils Edén, Louis De Geer, Jr., Oscar von Sydow, Ernst Trygger, Rickard Sandler, Carl Gustaf Ekman, and Felix Hamrin.