Mikael Damberg

Lars Mikael Damberg (born 13 October 1971) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He has been Minister of the Interior since 2019. He has been Member of the Riksdag since 2002, representing Stockholm County, and was leader of the Social Democrats in the Riksdag from 2012 to 2014.[1]

Mikael Damberg
Minister for the Interior
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 January 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Morgan Johansson
Minister for Enterprise
In office 3 October 2014 – 21 January 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Annie Lööf
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Baylan
Leader of the Social Democrats in the Swedish Riksdag
In office 23 February 2012 – 3 October 2014
Preceded by	Carina Moberg
Succeeded by	Tomas Eneroth
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 September 2002
Constituency	Stockholm County
Personal details
Born	13 October 1971 Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden
Political party	Social Democrats
Alma mater	Stockholm University

Political career and education

Damberg was born in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden. His father is the former Swedish Social Democratic party treasurer Nils-Gösta Damberg and his mother former chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Youth Riita-Liisa Damberg.[2] He joined the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in the late 1980s and served as a member of the board of the organization between 1993 and 1997.[3] He also served as a member of the municipal council in Solna Municipality between 1991 and 2002.[3] He is chairman of the Social Democratic party district in Stockholm County since 2004.[3]

Between 1995 and 1997, Damberg worked as a political assistant to Minister for Defence Thage G. Peterson, and between 1997 and 1999 as political assistant and speechwriter to Prime Minister Göran Persson.[3] Between 1999 and 2003, he was chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League.[3] Damberg has served as a member of the Swedish parliament since 2002, representing the Stockholm County constituency.[1] In the parliament he served as deputy chairman of the Committee on Education and as a member of the War Delegation.[1] He has served as a member of the Committee on Education since 2002.[1] He previously served as a deputy member of the Committee on Defence between 2002 and 2006, and as a deputy member of the Committee on Finance between 2006 and 2010.[1]

Damberg earned a degree in public administration from Stockholm University in 2000.[3]

Damberg also attended the Bilderberg Meeting in 2015 in Telfs-Buchen, Austria.[4]

In August 2018, Damberg visited the crime scene where Karolin Hakim was killed by a gang member.[5]

Ministerial appointments

Damberg was appointed Minister for Enterprise on 3 October 2014, serving in the cabinet of Stefan Löfven. He was later appointed Minister for Interior on 21 January 2019 in the second Löfven Cabinet.

References

1. "Mikael Damberg (S)". Parliament of Sweden. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
2. Holmqvist, Anette (5 August 1998). "En rappare tar över SSU". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 November 2010.
3. "CV" (PDF). Mikael Damberg/Swedish Social Democratic Party. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
4. "Bilderberg Meeting". Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
5. Haddad, Prescilia (2019-08-27). "Kvinna i Malmö ihjälskjuten – detta har hänt" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-10-04.

External links

• Mikael Damberg at the Swedish Social Democratic Party
• Mikael Damberg at the Swedish parliament