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Elisabeth Svantesson

Politician

Elisabeth Svantesson is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Elisabeth Svantesson · Елізабет Свантессон · Элизабет Свантессон · Էլիզաբեթ Սվանտեսսոն · إليزابيث سفانتيسون · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Elisabeth · Karin Elisabeth Svantesson · Свантессон, Элизабет · 카린 엘리사베트 스반테손				[sources]
Birth date	1967-10-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Lycksele församling				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Sweden				[sources]
Country	Sweden				[sources]
Citizenship	Sweden				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Elisabeth · Karin				[sources]
Last name	Svantesson				[sources]
Political association	Moderate Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4981393				[sources]
Position	Chair of the Committee on Finance (2018-2019) · Chair of the Committee on the Labour Market (2012-2013) · Member of the Committee on the Labour Market (2006-2010) · Member of the Committee on the Labour Market (2012-2012) · Member of the Committee on the Labour Market (2014-2014) · 16 more...				[sources]
Education	Uppsala University · licentiate (2006) · Örebro University				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Sweden's Minister of Finance

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Riksdag	2006-10-02	-
member of the Swedish Riksdag	2022-09-26

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,316

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,820

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,653

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,998

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,101

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,618

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-sweden-elisabeth-svantesson-minister-for-finance · se-riksdag-5b6bd74e7022cfabf2a676d9f24fb8fdf262e7de · evpo-be9acbe9-0d73-4832-8af9-f95b7104eee0

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