Karin Märta Elisabeth Enström (born Landerholm 23 March 1966) is a

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of the

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. She has served as Secretary-General of the

since October 2022 and has been

Member of the Riksdag Members of Parliament (Swedish language, Swedish: ''riksdagsledamöter'', singular: ''riksdagsledamot'') in Sweden sit in the Riksdag. Description ''Members of Parliament'' refers to the elected List of members of the Swedish Riksdag, members ...

since the 1998 general election, representing Stockholm County. She served as

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in the

cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt ( sv, Regeringen Reinfeldt) was the cabinet of Sweden from 2006 to 2014. It was a coalition cabinet consisting of the four parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden: the Moderate Party, Centre Party, ...

from 2012 to 2014. She is an Amphibious Corps

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by profession.

Political career

Enström has been a

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of the ''Riksdag'' since 1998, representing Stockholm County. She was a member of the Defense Committee from 2002 to 2010, serving as its Chairman from 2008. After the 2010 general election she was appointed as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and was also a member of the

War Delegation The War Delegation ( sv, krigsdelegationen, or ''KD'') is a standing committee of the Riksdag, with its functions enumerated in the Instrument of Government and the Riksdag Act, with the purpose of replacing the Riksdag as a whole whenever Sweden i ...

and the Foreign Policy Council. Enström was commissioned as an

in 1987, passed the Royal War College ''(Kungliga Krigshögskolan)'' common course in 1988, and its higher course in 1993. She currently holds the rank of captain in the Swedish Amphibious Corps. She has been a member of the

City Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

Vaxholm Vaxholm is a locality and the seat of Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is located on the island of in the Stockholm archipelago. The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Castle, which was constructed in 1549 on an islet with this nam ...

since 1994 and was chairman of the council from 2002 to 2006.

Other activities

European Council on Foreign Relations The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is a pan-European think tank with offices in seven European capitals. Launched in October 2007, it conducts research on European foreign and security policy and provides a meeting space for decisi ...

(ECFR), Member of the Council

Personal life

Enström is the daughter of surgeon general Staffan Landerholm and Olena ''(born Tingdahl)''. Her older brother, Henrik Landerholm, is Sweden's Ambassador to Riga since 1 September 2013. Her sister, Louise Landerholm Bill, is married to

Per Bill Per Anders Otto Bill (born 13 February 1958) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party who has been Governor of Gävleborg County since 1 August 2015. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1994 to 2015. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Per Bi ...

. She is married to Anders Enström, a lieutenant colonel in the Amphibious Corps employed at the Navy Tactical Staff Headquarters. She has three children.Family and life
Aftonbladet, 18 April 2012

References

External links

Karin Enström
at the

Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...