Ann-Christin Nykvist (born 4 April 1948) is a Swedish

Social Democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

politician. She was minister for agriculture, food and consumer affairs in the

Cabinet of Göran Persson Göran Persson served as Prime Minister of Sweden between 22 March 1996 and 6 October 2006. Persson took over after Ingvar Carlsson, who retired as party leader and Prime Minister. Following the 2006 general election, he and the Persson Cab ...

. She holds a bachelor of Arts in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. Prior to her appointment in 2002, she worked as the head of the

Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority ( sv, Konkurrensverket, abbreviated KKV) is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Enterprise tasked to promote and safeguard competition in the private and public sector, to the benefit of al ...

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Information page on the Swedish Government web site
21st-century Swedish women politicians 1948 births Living people Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Stockholm School of Economics alumni Swedish Ministers for Agriculture Women government ministers of Sweden {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub