Linda Modig, née ''Ylivainio'', (born 1975) is a Swedish Centre Party politician. In the 2018 parliamentary election, she was elected Member of Parliament for Norrbotten County constituency. Modig has been involved in the Center Party since 1988. In 2008, she became Övertorneå's first female municipal councillor. Modig has worked as a political expert for

Maud Olofsson Maud Elisabeth Olofsson (born ''Olsson'', 9 August 1955) is a former Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 2001 to 2011, Minister for Enterprise and Energy from 2006 to 2011 and Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden f ...

and as chief of staff for the Centre Party leader

Annie Lööf Annie Marie Therése Lööf (, ; born 16 July 1983) is a Swedish politician and lawyer. She has been a Member of the Riksdag, representing her home constituency of Jönköping County, since 2006, and leader of the Centre Party since 2011. Lö� ...

. In 2013, she took a break from her political assignments to study to become a

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

, but in 2017, she returned to politics and was elected to the Center Party Party Board. Modig lives in Övre Kuivakangas in

Övertorneå Övertorneå ( fit, Matarengi; fi, Matarenki) is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010. It is located at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to ...

and is a trained

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...

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Sveriges riksdag: Linda Modig (C)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Modig, Linda Municipal commissioners of Sweden Swedish jurists Living people 1975 births