Birgitta Ohlsson
| Birgitta Ohlsson | |
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| Minister for European Union Affairs | |
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In office 2 February 2010 – 3 October 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Cecilia Malmström |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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| Born |
20 July 1975 Linköping, Sweden |
| Political party | Liberal People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Klamberg |
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Eva Birgitta Ohlsson (born 20 July 1975) is a Swedish politician who was Minister for European Union Affairs in the Swedish government from 2010 to 2014. She is a member of the Liberals, formerly the Liberal People's Party.
Birgitta Ohlsson was born in Linköping, Östergötland County, Sweden. She received her upper secondary (gymnasium) education at Katedralskolan in Linköping between 1991 and 1994. Between 1994 and 1997 she studied political science, international relations and United Nations studies at .
Between 1997 and 1999 Ohlsson worked as an editorial writer for several liberal newspapers in Sweden, such as Sundsvalls Tidning, Vestmanlands Läns Tidning, Västerbottens-Kuriren and Dagens Nyheter. Between 1999 and 2002 she was chair of the Liberal Youth of Sweden, the youth wing of the Liberal People's Party.
In the 2002 general election Ohlsson was elected a member of the Swedish parliament, representing the constituency. In the parliament she served as a substitute to the Committee on the Labour Market (2002–2006) and the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2002–2004), and as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2006–2010). In the parliament she was also her party's spokesperson on foreign affairs.
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