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Lena Sommestad

Politician

Lena Sommestad 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	Lena Sommestad · Лена Сомместад · لينا سوميستاد · 萊娜·索梅斯塔德				[sources]
Alias	Lena · Сомместад, Лена · 萊娜·索梅斯塔德				[sources]
Weak alias	Sommestad				[sources]
Birth date	1957-04-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Börje				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Sweden				[sources]
Country	Sweden				[sources]
Citizenship	Sweden				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Lena				[sources]
Last name	Sommestad				[sources]
Political association	Swedish Social Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q537342				[sources]
Position	Minister for the Environment (2002-2006) · Riksdag (member, 2010-2014) · chairperson (2011-2013) · chief executive officer (1998-2002) · governor of Halland County (2014-2020) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Business and Economics (1992) · Uppsala University · professor of economics (2001)				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swedish politician and professor

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,968

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,004

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata353,666

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,228

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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