Ulla Margareta Löfven (; also spelt Löfvén, née Arvidsson, previously Johansson, born 29 May 1951) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and trade unionist. She is married to former

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Stefan Löfven Kjell Stefan Löfven (; officially ''Löfvén''; born 21 July 1957) is a Swedish politician who serves as the Party of European Socialists, President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden fro ...

, the former leader of the

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. She first met Stefan Löfven when they both worked at Hägglunds & Söner in 1992; he worked as a

welder In a broad sense, a welder is anyone, amateur or professional, who uses welding equipment, perhaps especially one who uses such equipment fairly often. In a narrower sense, a welder is a tradesperson who specializes in fusing materials together ...

and she was a representative for the local branch of a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

. She was married and had two children when they met. They married in November 2003. She was employed as the assistant of

Carin Jämtin Carin Jämtin (born 3 August 1964 in Stockholm) is a Sweden, Swedish civil servant and former politician who has been serving as the Director General of the Swedish International Development Agency since 2017. She served as party secretary of the ...

, the party secretary of the

, until her husband was elected

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in January 2012.Ulla got a new job
Stefan Löfven announces.

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