Katarina Köhler (born 1954) is a

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politician, teacher and former member of the

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, the national

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. A member of the

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, she represented

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between October 2010 and September 2018. She had previously been a substitute member of the Riksdag for

Ibrahim Baylan Ibrahim Baylan (born 15 March 1972) is a Swedish politician who served as minister for schools from 2004 to 2006, as minister for energy from 2014 to 2019, minister for government coordination from 2016 to 2019 and as minister for business, ...

twice: October 2006; and September 2007 to December 2007. Köhler is the daughter of farmer Gunnar Köhler and Aili Regina Köhler. She was educated in

Gällivare Gällivare (; ; or ; or ; ) is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,449 inhabitants in 2010. The town was founded in the 17th century. Together with nearby towns Malmberget ...

. She studied organisational development and leadership at Dalarna University and process

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

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. She was a teacher in

Skellefteå Skellefteå (, locally ) is a Cities in Sweden, city in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with a population of 36,388. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 77,322 inhabitants in 2024. The city is historically industrial, with mining ...

from 1986 to 1992 and from 1994 to 2010. She was a member of the

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from 2006 to 2010.

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1954 births 21st-century Swedish women politicians Living people Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Skellefteå Municipality Swedish schoolteachers Women members of the Riksdag {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub