Nils Gustav Herman Lundgren (born 13 July 1936, in Skövde) is a Swedish

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and

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, who is a former

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(MEP). Between 2004 and 2008 he was the leader of the eurosceptical

June List The June List ( sv, Junilistan, jl) is a Swedish, Eurosceptic political party. Founded in 2004, it received 14% in the European Parliament election of the same year - gaining three seats. In the elections of 2009, however, it saw a drop of 11 p ...

, which he had co-founded. He was elected to the

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in 2004 and was a member of the bureau of the

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group, and vice-chair of the

's Committee on Budgetary Control. He was also a member of the

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, a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and a member of the delegation to the EU–

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Joint Parliamentary Committee. He did not stand for re-election as a MEP in the 2009 elections.

Education

* Doctorate in

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from

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

(1975)

Career

* University lecturer in economics,

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(1962-1963) * Economics expert at EFTA secretariat in

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(1964-1965) * Research at Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm (1966-1971) * Researcher, Ministry of Industry (1971-1974) * Guest researcher, Reading University (1975) * Head of research unit, National Institute of Economic Research (1977-1979) * Chief economist, PK-banken subsequently Nordbanken subsequently MeritaNordbanken (1980-1999) * Economic adviser Nordea (1999-2001) * Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 1988. * Artillery reserve officer * Previously chairman and member of the Board of a number of Swedish and international companies and organisations * Editor-in-chief of ''Ekonomisk debatt'' * Integration i Västeuropa (Integration in Western Europe) (1974), Industripolitikens spelregler (Industrial policy - the rules of the game) (1981) and Europa ja - euro nej (Yes to Europe - no to the euro) (2003), as well as a number of other books, publications and articles

References

External links

European Parliament biography
1936 births Living people Swedish economists June List politicians Leaders of political parties in Sweden Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences June List MEPs MEPs for Sweden 2004–2009 {{Sweden-MEP-stub