Désirée Liljevall (born 21 September 1970) is a

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who was a

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of the

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for

Kalmar County Kalmar County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland. The counties are mainly administrative units. Geo ...

between 2006 and 2014. She was a member of the Traffic Committee and substitute in the Social Committee, Culture Committee, the parliamentary EU board, and the

Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomou ...

's Swedish delegate. She also worked with issues about globalisation, sustainable development, and international trade. Liljevall is a marriage officiant in

Kalmar Municipality Kalmar Municipality (''Kalmar kommun'') is a municipality in Kalmar County, southeastern Sweden. The city of Kalmar is the municipal seat. The present municipality was created in 1971, when the ''City of Kalmar'' was amalgamated with five surroun ...

and member of the advisory council in the administration of Kalmar County. After leaving the Riksdag in 2014, Liljevall entered the business sector in the

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field. Liljevall is the mother of two children. She was previously a member of the

Moderate Youth League The Moderate Youth League ( sv, Moderata ungdomsförbundet ; MUF), officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives, is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. Of the political youth organizations that received financial supp ...

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1970 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Women members of the Riksdag 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub