Karolina Maria Skog (née Algotsson; on 30 March 1976) is a
Swedish
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politician
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who served as
Minister for the Environment from 25 May 2016 to 21 January 2019.
Karolina Skog (MP) ny miljöminister
/ref> She is a member of the Green Party
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and served as City Commissioner
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in Malmö Municipality
Malmö Municipality ( sv, Malmö kommun), or City of Malmö (''Malmö stad''), is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County, the southernmost of the counties of Sweden (and conterminous with the historical province (''landskap'') of Scania).
Whe ...
from 2010 until being appointed cabinet minister.
References
External links
Karolina Skog at the Green Party
1976 births
Living people
Swedish Ministers for the Environment
Lund University alumni
People from Kristianstad Municipality
Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022
Members of the Riksdag from the Green Party
Women government ministers of Sweden
Women members of the Riksdag
21st-century Swedish women politicians
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