Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd

Catherina Elmsäter-Svärd

Catharina Sabine Maria Laurine Elmsäter-Svärd (born November 23, 1965 in Södertälje , Stockholm County ) is a Swedish politician of the Moderata samlingspartiet (dt. The Moderates) .

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Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd attended Västergårdsgymnasium from 1981 to 1984 and the Berghs School of Communication in Stockholm from 1984 to 1987 . Between 1986 and 1987 she worked in the advertising area of Södertäljekuriren . From 1987 to 1994 she was the hotel manager of the Stadshotellet in Södertälje.

From 1984 to 1986 Elmsäter-Svärd was ombudswoman of the Moderat skolungdom , an association within the Moderata samlingspartiet. Between 1994 and 1997 she was regional party leader of the Moderate in Södertälje and in 1997 was a member of the Swedish parliament . From 2003 to 2006 she was chairwoman of the Environment and Agriculture Committee of the Reichstag and from 2006 to 2008 chairwoman of the labor market committee. In 2008 she was elected to the local council of Stockholm County and was responsible for the finances as well as chairing the council and then resigned as a member of the Reichstag. On October 5th, Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd was appointed by Fredrik Reinfeldt as the new infrastructure minister in his government . Between March 29 and April 19, 2012, she was also the interim Minister of Defense following the resignation of Sten Tolgfors . In 2014, together with France, she managed to postpone a safety-related reform of the EU regulations on truck driver's cabs for Sweden by eight years, as the details are vague.

In the elections to the Swedish Parliament in 2014 , Elmsäter-Svärd regained a seat, but lost her ministerial office because the Reinfeldt government had lost its majority. She was elected as her group's economic policy spokeswoman, but gave up her mandate in December 2014 and announced that she was leaving politics. She has been a director at Sveriges Byggindustrier since August 2017 .

Elmsäter-Svärd is married, has two children and lives with her family in Enhörna , a place on the Mälaren near Södertälje.

Web links

Commons : Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Här är din nya regering. In: Aftonbladet . October 5, 2010, accessed February 13, 2013 (Swedish).
↑ Career ( Memento from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Claus Hecking: Success of the truck lobby: EU transport ministers ban safe truck cabins , Spiegel Online, June 10, 2014
↑ https://www.sverigesbyggindustrier.se/personal?guid=2658546dc9a3443690454e1b64cb70bb#Catharina%20Elms%C3%A4ter-Sv%C3%A4rd .

personal data
SURNAME	Elmsäter-Svärd, Catharina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Elmsäter-Svärd, Catharina Sabine Maria Laurine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish politician, member of the Riksdag
DATE OF BIRTH	November 23, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Södertälje , Stockholm County

[1] Här är din nya regering. In: Aftonbladet . October 5, 2010, accessed February 13, 2013 (Swedish).

[2] Career ( Memento from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Claus Hecking: Success of the truck lobby: EU transport ministers ban safe truck cabins , Spiegel Online, June 10, 2014

[4] ttps://www.sverigesbyggindustrier.se/personal?guid=2658546dc9a3443690454e1b64cb70bb#Catharina%20Elms%C3%A4ter-Sv%C3%A4rd .