Sven-Erik Österberg is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 Social Democratic

Swedish Social Democratic Party

The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...

 politician and former minister of the Government of Sweden

Government of Sweden

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.

In 1991, he became municipal commissioner

Municipal Commissioner

Municipal Commissioner is an office and political title in the municipalities of Sweden for councillors with executive responsibilities. The Commissioners are the only full-time employed office-holders outside the municipal civil service...

 in Skinnskatteberg Municipality

Skinnskatteberg Municipality

Skinnskatteberg Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skinnskatteberg....

. 1994 he became a member of the Parliament of Sweden

Parliament of Sweden

The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...

. 2004 to 2006, he was Deputy Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Göran Persson

Cabinet of Göran Persson

Göran Persson served as Prime Minister of Sweden between March 22, 1996 and October 6, 2006. Persson took over after Ingvar Carlsson, who retired as party leader and Prime Minister...

, with responsibility for municipal and financial market issues. After the Social Democrat's defeat in the 2006 election

Swedish general election, 2006

A general election was held in Sweden on 17 September 2006, to elect members to the Swedish parliament. All 349 seats were up for election: 310 "fixed seats" in 29 constituencies and 39 members at a national level for what are called "adjustment seats", used to ensure that parties have...

, Österberg returned to being a member of parliament. Since 2008, he functions as the group leader

Parliamentary group leader

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 of the Social Democratic group in parliament.

External links

• Sven-Erik Österberg at socialdemokraterna.se