Swedish
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politician, former
government minister
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and former member of the
Riksdag
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, the national
legislature
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. A member of the
Social Democratic Party
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, he represented
Malmö Municipality
Malmö Municipality ( sv, Malmö kommun), or City of Malmö (''Malmö stad''), is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County, the southernmost of the counties of Sweden (and conterminous with the historical province (''landskap'') of Scania).
Whe ...
between January 1980 and October 2004. He was also a substitute member of the Riksdag twice: between October 1979 and November 1979 (for Grethe Lundblad); and between November 1979 and December 1979 (for Eric Holmqvist).
Lövdén was born in
Malmö
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. He is the son of Sten Lövdén and Inga Lövdén (née Roslind). He has a
Bachelor of Laws
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degree from
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion
Lövdén was
Minister for Housing and Local Government
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In th ...
between November 1998 and October 2004 and
Minister of the Interior
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between November 1998 and December 1998. He was
Governor
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of
Halland County
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between January 2005 and January 2014. He is currently president of MKB Fastighets AB, the local municipal housing company in Malmö.