Jan Stefan Attefall (born 21 August 1960, in

Lycksele Lycksele (; sma, Liksjoe; Ume Sami language, Ume Sami: ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in Västerbotten County, provinces of Sweden, province of Lapland (Sweden), Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants ...

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) is a

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who served as Minister for Public Administration and Minister for Housing from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the

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Biography

Attefall has a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from

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. He is the son of the boat builder Konrad Lindström and adopted mother Solveig's Attefall. His brother Anders Sellström is also a Christian Democratic politician. Attefall joined KDS in his teens and soon received political assignments. Attefall was union chairman of the Christian Democratic Youth Union 1986–1989. Attefall was

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 ...

from 1991 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2014. In the

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, Attefall served as

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of his party from 2002 to 2010 and as chairman of the Committee on Finance from 2006 to 2010. His name is associated with the Attefall house, a larger version of the

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. Elected chairman of RIO (Rörelsefolkhögskolornas intresseorganisation) in 2017.

Private life

Attefall married the psychologist Karin Hansson (born 1958) in 1986, later divorced, married for the second time in 1996 to the journalist Cecilia Hjorth Attefall (born 1967), who is chairman of Erikshjälpen and chairman of the senior citizens' committee in

Jönköping Municipality Jönköping Municipality ( sv, Jönköpings kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The city of Jönköping is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern. Historical backgroun ...

. They have three children together, a son and two daughters. The family lives in

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...

References

1960 births Living people Umeå University alumni Members of the Riksdag from the Christian Democrats (Sweden) Members of the Riksdag 1991–1994 Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002 Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 Members of the Riksdag 2006–2010 Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Swedish Ministers for Housing {{Sweden-politician-stub