<P> The Instrument of Government requires that the Prime Minister appoint a member of the cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister, to perform the duties of the Prime Minister if the Prime Minister cannot . However, if a Deputy Prime Minister is absent or has not been appointed, the senior minister in the cabinet becomes acting head of government . If more than one minister has equal tenure, the eldest assumes the position (see Swedish governmental line of succession for the present governmental line of succession). </P> <P> Officially, the Prime Minister's position is stronger than that of his counterparts in Denmark and Norway . This is because the Prime Minister is both de jure and de facto chief executive, with powers and duties specifically enumerated in the Instrument of Government . In the two neighboring Scandinavian monarchies, the monarch is the nominal chief executive, but is bound by convention to act on the advice of the ministers . However, the so - called Torekov Compromise reached in 1971 by the major political parties, codified with the Instrument of Government that went into effect in 1975, stripped the Swedish monarch of even a nominal role in governmental affairs, thus codifying actual practices that had been in place since the definitive establishment of parliamentary government in 1917 . </P> <P> The government offices, including the Prime Minister's office, is located at Rosenbad in central Stockholm, straight across the water from the Riksdag building on Helgeandsholmen . </P> <P> In 1991 Sager House (or the "Sager Palace" as it was previously called) was acquired, and since 1995 it has served as the private residence of the Prime Minister . </P>

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