Elisabeth Svantesson

Elisabeth Svantesson
Elisabeth Svantesson
	Member of the Riksdag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 October 2006
Constituency	Örebro County
Personal details
Born	Karin Elisabeth Lundin; 26 October 1967 (age 55); Lycksele, Sweden
Political party	Moderate Party
Alma mater	Örebro University
Profession	University teacher, economist

Karin Elisabeth Svantesson (née Lundin; born 26 October 1967) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022^[1] and has served as first deputy leader of the party since 2019.

Svantesson previously served as

Member of the Riksdag since 2006, representing Örebro County

.

Career

Svantesson studied

doctoral student. She holds an economics licentiate

from 2006.

Svantesson was elected to the

Labour Market Committee

.

On 17 September 2013, she was appointed

Minister for Employment by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt

.

Following defeat in 2014, she returned to the Riksdag where she became deputy chair of the Committee on Social Insurance. On 11 December 2014, Svantesson was appointed spokesperson for employment policies of the Moderate Party and deputy chair of the Committee on Employment.^[3] On 17 December 2014, she was nominated to become second deputy leader of the Moderate Party and she was elected to the position on 10 January 2015.

In October 2019, Svantesson was elected first deputy leader of the Moderate Party.

Minister of Finance (2022-present)

Since 18 October 2022, she is the Minister of Finance in the Ulf Kristersson Cabinet.^[4]

Personal life

Svantesson in 2018.

Svantesson is married, has three sons, and lives in Örebro, Örebro County.^[5]

Earlier in her life she was a member of the

Equmeniakyrkan, whereas he served at the time she lived in Östersund. She has also been a member of the anti-abortion movement ‘Yes to Life’. When appointed, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt stressed that her previous religious choices had nothing to do with her new job.^[6]

References

^ "Sweden's new Government". Government of Sweden. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ "Svantesson becomes new Minister for Employment". Dagens Nyheter. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
^ Svantesson become new employment policy spokesperson
^ Sweden, Radio (18 October 2022). "Ulf Kristersson names ministers in his three-party government". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
^ "Elisabeth Svantesson on VALPEJL.se". SVT. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
^ "Elisabeth Svantesson is Sweden's new Minister for Employment". Nordic Labour Journal. 0810. Retrieved 18 November 2013.

External links

Elisabeth Svantesson at the
Riksdag
website

Party political offices
Preceded by Beatrice Ask	Second Deputy Leader of the Moderate Party 2015–2019	Succeeded by Anna Tenje
Preceded by Ulf Kristersson	Spokesperson for the Moderate Party's economical policy 2017–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Peter Danielsson	First Deputy Leader of the Moderate Party 2019–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Hillevi Engström	Minister for Employment 2013–2014	Succeeded by Ylva Johansson
Preceded by Mikael Damberg	Minister for Finance 2022–present	Incumbent

[1] "Sweden's new Government". Government of Sweden. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

[2] "Svantesson becomes new Minister for Employment". Dagens Nyheter. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.

[3] Svantesson become new employment policy spokesperson

[4] Sweden, Radio (18 October 2022). "Ulf Kristersson names ministers in his three-party government". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

[5] "Elisabeth Svantesson on VALPEJL.se". SVT. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.

[6] "Elisabeth Svantesson is Sweden's new Minister for Employment". Nordic Labour Journal. 0810. Retrieved 18 November 2013.

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