Sven Lindgren is the current (since 2002) Governor of Kalmar County

Kalmar County

Kalmar County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland....

, Sweden, and a former Moderate Party

Moderate Party

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 politician.

He was born in Västervik

Västervik

Västervik is a city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 20,694 inhabitants in 2005.- History :Västervik was first mentioned in 1275. The town was then located at the current location of Gamleby. In 1433 Eric of Pomerania decided to give it a charter and move it to its...

 and later pursued an academic career at Linköping University

Linköping University

Linköping University is a state university in Linköping, Sweden. Linköping University was granted full university status in 1975 and is now one of Sweden's larger academic institutions. Education, research and PhD training are the mission of four faculties: Arts and Sciences, Educational...

. He was later elected Leader of the Opposition on Linköping

Linköping

Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...

 Municipal Council

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. Between 1991 and 1994 he led a non-socialist administration in the city. After losing the 1994 election, Lindgren returned to leading the opposition. In 2002, he was appointed Governor of Kalmar County.

He is married to Anna Lindgren

Anna Lindgren

Anna Lindgren is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and former member of the Riksdag.Lindgren was a teacher and local politician in Linköping before being elected in 2002. She declined to stand again in 2006. She is married to Sven Lindgren, the Governor of Kalmar County.-External links:* at...

, a Moderate Party member of the Riksdag

Parliament of Sweden

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