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Leni Christina Elisabeth Björklund (born 5 July 1944) is a Swedish
Social Democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...
politician. She served as Minister for Defence from 2002 to 2006. Leni Björklund grew up in
Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...
. She graduated from
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with a B.A. As a local politician, Björklund was a Commissioner in the 1970s and 1980s, first in
Järfälla Municipality Järfälla Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Stockholm. Its seat is located in Jakobsberg, part of the Stockholm urban area. Järfälla has not been amalgamated with othe ...
north of
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1977–1979, and later in
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1980–1989. She went on to work as Managing Director for the Planning and Rationalisation Institute for the Health and Social Services. When
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appointed her, on 21 October 2002, she was the secretary-general of the
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, a position she had held since 1999. Björklund was Sweden's first female Minister for Defence. As a female, she has not done any
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in the military of Sweden, and she was the first Minister of Defence to not have done so. Leni Björklund holds an honorary doctorate degree from
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, a Stockholm medical university. Björklund has also been reported to Konstitutionsutskottet several times. In November 2005, she was reported for initiating military co-operation with the Islamist dictatorship of
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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bjorklund, Leni 1944 births Living people People from Örebro Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians Ministers for defence of Sweden Female defence ministers Uppsala University alumni Women government ministers of Sweden