Thomas Clas-Göran Carlsson (born 1962) is a Swedish politician and former member of the

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, the national

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. A member of the

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, he represented

Kronoberg County Kronoberg County (; ) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is the city of V ...

between October 2010 and September 2014. He was also a substitute member of the Riksdag for

Tomas Eneroth Karl ''Tomas'' Eneroth (born 4 December 1966) is a Swedish former politician of the Social Democrats who served as Minister for Infrastructure from 2017 to 2022, leader of the Social Democrats in the Swedish Riksdag from 2014 to 2017 and Member ...

between July 2017 and September 2022. Carlsson is the son of

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Göran Carlsson and clerk Elsie-Britt Carlsson (née Linder). He was educated in

Ljungby Ljungby () is the Urban areas in Sweden, central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015. Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality o ...

. He studied

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and economics at

Växjö University Linnaeus University (LNU) () is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University a ...

. He was a

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(1982-1983), a

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(1983-1987), bank manager (1987-1992) and

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of Bertil Nilsson Måleri AB (1992-2002). He was a member of the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

Ljungby Municipality Ljungby Municipality () is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden, where the town Ljungby is seat. In 1971 the ''City of Ljungby'' (1936-1970) was amalgamated with the rural municipalities surrounding it, thus creating the present m ...

from 2002 to 2010.

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1962 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub