Berit Andnor (born 20 November 1954) is a

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. She was Minister for Social Affairs of Sweden 2004–2006.

Biography

Berit Andnor grew up in a working-class family in

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, and she and her sister was the first her family to be given the opportunity to obtain a higher education. She has a University Diploma in Social Work from the University College of Östersund (now Mid Sweden University) in

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, and since then, she has been living in the region. In the 1980s, she worked as director of social welfare services in Berg Municipality. In 1982, she was elected to the county council, and from 1986 to 1991, she sat on its executive board, the beginning of her career as a full-time politician. In 1991, she was elected to the

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as a

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. She chose to focus her work as a parliamentarian on gender equality issues and labour market policy. Since then, Andnor has held a number of high-ranking posts, such as vice-president of the

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parliamentarian assembly, 1996–1998, and chair of the

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, 1997–2000. She has also been a member of theexecutive committee of

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from 1995 to 2003. Still, her name was not very known to the public when

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Göran Persson made her Minister for Children and Families in 2002. On 1 November 2004, she became Minister for Social Affairs. From October 2006 until 2010, she was the chairman of the

s committee on the constitution, and after the 2010 election, she left the Riksdag. In 2011, she was appointed

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with a term from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2017.Berit Andnor Bylund ny landshövding i Blekinge
press brief from the Government of Sweden, 2011-06-30 She succeeded Gunvor Engström.

References

External links

Government Officies of Sweden – Berit AndnorBerit Andnor's weblogBerit Andnor
at the

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