Britt Bohlin Olsson (born 1956) is a

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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 ...

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, who has served as

Secretary-General of the Nordic Council The Secretary-General of the Nordic Council is the head of the Nordic Council Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the Nordic Council. The Nordic parliamentary co-operation, the Nordic Council, is led by the Secretary General in Copenhage ...

since 2014 until 2021. She was a

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of the

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from 1988 to 2008. She served as County Governor of

Jämtland County Jämtland County ( sv, Jämtlands län, ) is a county or '' län'' in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two small uninhabited strips of ...

from 2008 to 2014, and was replaced in the Riksdag by

Renée Jeryd Renée Jeryd (born 1965) is a Swedish social democratic politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws tha ...

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Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Living people 1956 births Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 21st-century Swedish women politicians Women county governors of Sweden {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub