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CV Karin Svanborg-Sjövall

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Karin Svanborg-Sjövall is State Secretary to Minister for Culture Parisa Liljestrand.

State Secretaries are politically appointed senior officials at the Government Offices who lead the work of a ministry directly under the head of the ministry or another minister. State Secretaries are responsible for planning and coordination.

State Secretary Karin Svanborg-Sjövall
State Secretary Karin Svanborg-Sjövall Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices of Sweden

Areas of responsibility

  • Culture
  • Democracy
  • Media
  • National minorities
  • Language and culture of the Sami people

Personal

Karin Svanborg-Sjövall was born in 1980. She is married, has two children and lives on Lidingö.

Education

2001–2011
Bachelor of Arts in European Studies, History and Political Science, Malmö University and Stockholm University

1997–1999
Upper secondary school studies, Franska skolan, Stockholm

Positions and assignments

2022–
State Secretary, Ministry of Culture

2022–
Political Adviser to Moderate Party Leader Ulf Kristersson

2020–2022
CEO, writer and speaker, Svanborg-Sjövall Kommunikation KB

2014–2020
CEO, Timbro/the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation

2012–2014
Programme director for welfare issues, Timbro

2010–2012
CEO and writer, Svanborg-Sjövall Kommunikation AB

2009–2010
Political Adviser to Minister for Higher Education and Research Tobias Krantz, Government Offices

2008–2009
EU officer, Liberal Party Parliamentary Secretariat

2007–2008
Political Secretary and chief of staff, Liberal Party, European Parliament, Brussels

2005–2007
Campaign coordinator and political secretary, Liberal Party, Malmö

2003
International Visiting Fellow, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

Other positions

2020–2022
Member of the Svenska Dagbladet Foundation

2004–2005
Deputy Chair, Liberal Students

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