Sven-Erik Österberg (born 10 March 1955 in Munktorp,

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) is a Swedish official and former social-democratic politician. He is the former Governor of Stockholm County from 1 February 2018 to 28 February 2023 and previously served as Governor of Norrbotten County from 1 October 2012 to 31 January 2018. Österberg was Minister for Financial Markets from 2004 to 2006.Sven-Erik Österberg (S)
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Biography

During ten years he worked first as a farm worker and then as a forest worker for the then state-owned commercial agency Domänverket in Skinnskatteberg's territory, in 1984 Österberg became local

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for the Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union in

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. At the same time, he also seemed like leisure politicians in Skinnskatteberg's Municipality with assignments as a

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and chairman of the Social Committee 1988-1991. In 1991, he became municipal commissioner in

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. In 1994, he became a member of the

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. In the

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, he has mainly worked with financial and labor market issues. He sat in the Committee on Finance as deputy 1996-1998, member 1998-2000. 2004 to 2006, he was Deputy Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Göran Persson, with responsibility for municipal and financial market issues. After the Social Democrat's defeat in the 2006 election, Österberg returned to being a member of parliament. He has also been deputy in the

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, Committee on Taxation and

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, member of the Foreign Board and the

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and was the chairman of the Riksdag's Nomination Committee. From 2008 to 2011, he functioned as the

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of the Social Democratic group in parliament. From 2011 to 2012, he was a member of the Committee on the Constitution. Within the party, Österberg has been the district chairman of the

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party district since 1995. On 5 July 2012 Österberg was appointed governor in

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. On 9 November 2017 the Swedish government appointed Sven-Erik Österberg as new governor and head of the County Administrative Board in Stockholm County. He will take office on 1 February 2018. The appointment is for four years and expires on 28 February 2022. Sven-Erik Österberg succeeds Chris Heister, whose appointment expired on 31 August 2017, after the government on 14 October withdrew the former appointment of Thomas Bodström as governor in Stockholm County. Österberg is married and has three children.

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Sven-Erik Österberg
at socialdemokraterna.se {{DEFAULTSORT:Osterberg, Sven-Erik 1955 births Living people Governors of Stockholm County Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Government ministers of Sweden Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 People from Köping Municipality