Elisabeth Svantesson
Elisabeth Svantesson in 2023.
Minister for Finance
Assumed office
18 October 2022
Prime MinisterUlf Kristersson
Preceded byMikael Damberg
Minister for Employment
In office
17 September 2013 – 3 October 2014
Prime MinisterFredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded byHillevi Engström
Succeeded byYlva Johansson
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
2 October 2006
ConstituencyÖrebro County
Personal details
Born
Karin Elisabeth Lundin

(1967-10-26) 26 October 1967 (age 56)
Lycksele, Sweden
Political partyModerate Party
Alma materÖrebro University
ProfessionUniversity 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 Minister for Employment from 2013 to 2014.[2] She has been a Member of the Riksdag since 2006, representing Örebro County.

Career

Svantesson studied economics at Örebro University between 1987–1991. Prior to being elected to the Swedish Riksdag, she was a university teacher and doctoral student.[3] She holds an economics licentiate from 2006.

Svantesson was elected to the Swedish Riksdag in the 2006 general election. In the Riksdag, she became an ordinary member of the Labour Market Committee and a deputy member of the Enterprise Committee. In October 2009 she also became deputy member of the Finance Committee and in November 2009 she became an ordinary member of the board of the Swedish National Audit Office. She retained her seat in the 2010 general election and from 2010 she was an ordinary member of the Finance Committee until 2012 when she became chairman of 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.[4] 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.[5]

Other activities

Personal life

Svantesson in 2018.

Svantesson is married, has three sons, and lives in Örebro, Örebro County.[12]

Earlier in her life she was a member of the Livets Ord, the largest parish within the Swedish Word of Faith Movement and as her father was a pastor, she also attended Odenslundskyrkan, a local church of 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 she became Minister for Employment, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt stressed that her previous religious choices had nothing to do with her new job.[13]

References

  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. ^ "Toppolitiker en av årets alumner vid Örebro universitet - Nyhetsarkiv - Örebro universitet". www.oru.se (in Swedish). 10 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ Svantesson become new employment policy spokesperson
  5. ^ Sweden, Radio (18 October 2022). "Ulf Kristersson names ministers in his three-party government". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ^ Board of Governors Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
  7. ^ Board of Governors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
  8. ^ Board of Governors: Mikael Damberg European Investment Bank (EIB).
  9. ^ Board of Governors, as of 5 January 2022 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) World Bank Group 1 November 2021
  10. ^ Board of Governors Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
  11. ^ Board of Governors World Bank.
  12. ^ "Elisabeth Svantesson on VALPEJL.se". SVT. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  13. ^ "Elisabeth Svantesson is Sweden's new Minister for Employment". Nordic Labour Journal. 0810. Retrieved 18 November 2013.

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Party political offices Preceded byBeatrice Ask Second Deputy Leader of the Moderate Party 2015–2019 Succeeded byAnna Tenje Preceded byUlf Kristersson Spokesperson for the Moderate Party's economical policy 2017–present Incumbent Preceded byPeter Danielsson First Deputy Leader of the Moderate Party 2019–present Political offices Preceded byHillevi Engström Minister for Employment 2013–2014 Succeeded byYlva Johansson Preceded byMikael Damberg Minister for Finance 2022–present Incumbent
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