Anders Henrik Mikael Österberg (born 1981) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national

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. A member of the

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, he represented

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between September 2018 and September 2022. He had previously been a substitute member of the Riksdag four times: October 2015 to May 2017 (for

Ylva Johansson Ylva Julia Margareta Johansson (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Home Affairs since 2019. She previously served in the government of Sweden as Minister for Schools from 1994 to 199 ...

); May 2017 to July 2017 (for

Anders Ygeman ''Anders'' Ingvar Ygeman (; born 17 June 1970) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He has served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Minister for Integration and Minister for Sports since November 2021. He previously se ...

); July 2017 to September 2017 (for

Arhe Hamednaca Arhe Hamednaca (born 1953) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Stockholm Municipality between October 2010 and September 2018. Hamednaca was ...

); and September 2017 to September 2018 (for

Stefan Löfven Kjell Stefan Löfven (; officially ''Löfvén''; born 21 July 1957) is a Swedish politician who serves as the President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 20 ...

). Österberg is the son of bus driver Bo Österberg and workplace mediator Gunnel Larsson. He was educated at the Bäckängsgymnasiet school in

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them t ...

and has a teaching degree from the

University of Gothenburg The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 s ...

. He was a

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teacher in Husby. He is a member of the

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1981 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Politicians from Stockholm University of Gothenburg alumni {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub