Mikael Odenberg
Mikael Odenberg | |
|---|---|
Minister for Defence | |
| In office 6 October 2006 – 5 September 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Leni Björklund |
| Succeeded by | Sten Tolgfors |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1953 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University Stockholm School of Economics |
| Occupation | Politician, Major |
Mikael Ingemarsson Odenberg (born 14 December 1953) is a
Minister for Defence in the Swedish government from 2006 to 2007. From 1 March 2008 to 28 February 2017 he was the director-general of Svenska kraftnät.[1]
Education and military service
Mikael Odenberg performed his military service in the Coastal Artillery at the KA 4 training regiment in
Swedish National Defence College in 1994. As a Second Lieutenant he was trained at the Söderarm battery in the Roslagen archipelago, outside Stockholm. Odenberg today formally holds the rank of Major.[2]
From 1975 to 1976 Odenburg studied economics at Stockholm University and from 1976 to 1978 he studied at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Political career
From 1972 to 1973, Odenberg was a local government ombudsman for the
Committee on Finance, and member of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs
from 2003 to 2006.
On 6 October 2006 Odenberg was appointed as
Minister for Defence. He resigned from this post on 5 September 2007 in protest against planned government defence cuts. At a press conference Odenberg said "I want to be able to face myself in the mirror and look our military in the eye".[3]
Personal life
Mikael Odenberg is married to Catherine, and has four children. He lives with his family in Stockholm.
His sister is Christina Odenberg, a former Bishop of Lund.
References
- ^ Eriksson, Karin (24 March 2017). "Mikael Odenberg pekar ut ny väg för Moderaterna". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017.
- ^ Biografi – Mikael Odenberg Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swedish defence Minister resigns over cuts". The Local. 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
