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Katrin Sjögren (born 2 February 1966) is a
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politician from
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. She served as the
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, a position she held from 25 November 2015 to 25 November 2019. She has also been the leader of the
Liberals for Åland The Liberals for Åland ( sv, Liberalerna på Åland) is a liberal political party on the Åland Islands. The party is an observer member of the Liberal International. In the 2015 legislative elections, the party received the largest number of vot ...
party since 2012. Elected to the
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in 2003, Sjögren previously was Minister of Social Affairs and Environment between 2007 and 2011. She lives in
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with her husband Anders Eriksson and their three children.


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1966 births Living people 21st-century Finnish women politicians Women heads of government of non-sovereign entities Women government ministers of Ã…land Premiers of Ã…land {{Ã…land-bio-stub