The minister and his ministry were responsible for the county administrative boards, the municipalities, the tax charge offices (skattemyndigheterna), the local enforcement offices (kronofogdemyndigheterna), etc., and later also questions regarding the Church of Sweden and other religious communities (from 1 July 1977).

[2] Hans Gustafsson, social democratic city manager in Ronneby, became the first minister for physical planning and local government in Olof Palme's First Cabinet.

[4] In 1978, the municipal commissioner (kommunalråd) from Gothenburg, Bertil Hansson became minister in the Ullsten Cabinet.

The cabinet resigned on 12 October 1979 following the 1979 general election to make way for a coalition majority government led by Thorbjörn Fälldin.

[5] After the 1982 Swedish general election, Bo Holmberg became minister for civil service affairs in Palme's Second Cabinet with responsibility for, among other things, municipal issues.