Carl Cederschiöld is a

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former

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politician. He was an active member of the

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and was chairman between 1972 and 1973. He was elected to Stockholm City Council in 1976. With the Moderate election victory in 1991, Cederschiöld became

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and Commissioner of Finance. The Moderate Party, however, lost the election in 1994 and Cederschiöld returned to leading the opposition.''Finansborgarråd genom tiderna''
City of Stockholm, accessed on 2010-05-11 The 1998 election saw the return of the Moderate Party to power in

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and Cederschiöld to the post of Mayor. The new Moderate Party administration launched a wide-reaching reform programme with cuts in both taxes and welfare benefits. The 2002 election, however, was catastrophic for the Moderate Party on the national level and that also swept the

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into power in Stockholm. After the election he retired from politics. He was replaced as leader of the Moderates in Stockholm by

Kristina Axén Olin Anna ''Kristina'' Axén Olin (née ''Axén'') (born 21 October 1962) is a Swedish Moderate politician and member of the Riksdag, she is currently a member and the Second vice-Speaker of the Education Committee. She currently takes up seat numb ...

. Carl Cederschiöld is married to Charlotte Cederschiöld, a Moderate Party

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. The Cederschiöld family belongs to the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cederschiold, Carl 1945 births Mayors of Stockholm Moderate Party politicians Municipal commissioners of Sweden Living people Swedish nobility

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