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CV Dan Ericsson

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State Secretary to the Minister for Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren.

Dan Ericsson
State Secretary Dan Ericsson Photo: Johannes Frandsen/Government Offices of Sweden

Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure

Areas of responsibility

  • Agriculture and horticulture
  • Forestry
  • Fisheries and fisheries management
  • Reindeer husbandry
  • Hunting and game management
  • Regional development policy
  • Commercial services in sparsely populated and rural areas
  • Veterinary services

Personal

Dan Ericsson was born in 1957. He originally hails from Norrköping/Kolmården and now lives in Malmö.

Education

1982–1984
Studies in economics, political science and law, Stockholm University

Positions and assignments

Political positions and assignments

2022–
State Secretary, Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure

2014–2016
Government-appointed Inquiry Chair. Conducted an inquiry on a stronger civil society. 

2007–2010
State Secretary, Ministry of Finance

1991–2000
Member of the Riksdag

1998–2000
Chair, Committee on Environment and Agriculture

1992
The Nordic Council

1990s
Member of Norrköping Municipal Council and, for a number of years (in the early 1990s), a member of Östergötland County Council

1991–1993
Chair, Kolmården District Committee

1985–1989 and 1993–1994
Party Secretary

Has sat on the boards of a number of government agencies and inquiries, including the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Commission on Energy and the Committee on reforming the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. Also a former board member of the Östergötland County Administrative Board. 

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