Nah, he's detached from the Government and has no formal power at all. He is however a very public person, and pretty much never offers any dissenting views from the government.

> He is technically the head of state, which means that he probably speaks for the government in some way or form.

That would be the job of the head of government, i.e. PM Löfven in this case.

Ah ok! So they are politically separate.