Background
Uusmann, Ines was born on October 30, 1948 in Varberg.
politician Member of the Riksdag
Uusmann, Ines was born on October 30, 1948 in Varberg.
She started her career as a trade union activist and became an Member of Parliament in 1990. She became communication minister in 1994, a post she would hold until 1998, when she left parliament. She at one stage was misquoted in a newspaper saying that the Internet was a fad and that it would pass and soon be over, a statement for which she has often been ridiculed.
From 1999 until 2008, she served as director-general for The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (Boverket).
Ines Uusmann is the daughter of Thure G., discoverer of the Bocksten Manitoba