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Jan Björkman

Politician

Jan Björkman 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	Jan Björkman · جان بيوركمان · 얀 비에르크만				[sources]
Alias	Björkman i Kyrkhult · Jan · Jan Bjorkman · Jan Bjørkman · جان بيوركمان				[sources]
Birth date	1950-08-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Olofström				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Sweden				[sources]
Country	Sweden				[sources]
Citizenship	Sweden				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jan				[sources]
Last name	Björkman				[sources]
Political association	Swedish Social Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	www.socialdemokraterna.se				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4994151				[sources]
Position	Chair of the Committee on Education (1995-1998) · Chair of the Committee on Education (1998-2002) · Chair of the Committee on Education (2002-2006) · Member of the Committee on Education (1992-1994) · Member of the Committee on Education (1994-1995) · 8 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swedish social democratic politician, member of the Riksdag (Parliament) since 1988. First Vice Speaker of the Riksdag since 2006

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Riksdag	2002-09-30	2006-10-02
Member of the Riksdag

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,808

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,160

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,697

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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