Johan Forssell (politician, born 1979)

Johan Forssell
Johan Forssell
	Member of the Riksdag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 October 2010
Constituency	Stockholm Municipality
Personal details
Born	8 December 1979 (age 43); Stockholm, Sweden
Political party	Moderate Party
Spouse	Kristine Forssell
Children	2
Alma mater	Stockholm School of Economics; London School of Economics; Otago School of Business
Website	http://johanforssell.com

Carl Johan Henrik Forssell (born 8 December 1979) is a

Member of the Riksdag since the 2010 general election, representing Stockholm Municipality.^[2] He was chairman of the Moderate Youth League, the youth wing of the Moderate Party

, from 2004 to 2006.

Personal life and education

Johan Forssell was born in Stockholm but he grew up in Örebro. He has a Master of Business and Economics degree from the Stockholm School of Economics. He did his military service with the Arctic Rangers at K 4 in Arvidsjaur.

Political career

Forssell joined the Moderate Youth League (Swedish: Moderata ungdomsförbundet) in 1992. He served as chairman of the Moderate School Youth from 1998 to 1999 and was elected as member of the board of the Moderate Youth League in 2000. He was elected as new chairman of the Moderate Youth League on 20 November 2004, following the resignation of Christofer Fjellner. He served on this post until 25 November 2006, when he was succeeded by Niklas Wykman.

In the

Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt

. He left his place in the Riksdag following his new appointment.

In September 2007, he resigned from the position of

Swedish Parliament

where he serves as member of the Defence Committee.

Trivia

Forssell was voted the "sexiest man in Sweden" in 2005, by the
QX.[1]

References

^ "Sweden's new Government". Government of Sweden. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ "Johan Forssell (M) - Riksdagen" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 September 2020.

Party political offices
Preceded by Christofer Fjellner	Chairman of the Moderate Youth League 2004–2006	Succeeded by Niklas Wykman
Political offices
Preceded by Anna Hallberg	Minister of Foreign Trade 2022–	Incumbent
Preceded by Matilda Ernkrans	Minister for International Development Cooperation 2022–	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] "Johan Forssell (M) - Riksdagen" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 September 2020.

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