Background
Bjorling, Ewa Helena was born on May 3, 1961 in Stockholm. Daughter of Lars Henrik and Birgitte Ing-Britt (Blomquist) Klippmark.
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Ewa Helena Bjorling
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Education
Dental Degree, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1986. Dentist License, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in Virology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1993.
Career
She served as Minister for Trade from 2007 to 2014 and as Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2010 to 2014 in the Swedish Government. On 16 October 2014, she submitted her resignation from the Riksdag and announced that she will retire from politics. Ewa Björling is a dentist, Doctor of Medicine and a docent in virology.
Prior to her election to the Swedish parliament in 2002, she worked as a lecturer at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
She was also a substitute in the Committee on the Constitution, the Committee on Education and the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs. She was also chairman of the Swedish National Council for Coordination of Efforts Against Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in 2007, and Europe"s representative in the Inter-Parliamentary Union"s working group on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
In November, 2012 Björling traveled with two Swedish trade delegations to discuss increasing bi-lateral trade between Sweden and war-torn country of Myanmar, despite an existing European Union arms embargo against Myanmar.
Björling was later questioned by the Swedish Parliament regarding the discovery of Swedish made Carl Gustav recoilless rifles found in Myanmar in December, 2012. Following the 2010 general election, Björling also took office as Minister for Nordic Cooperation.
Achievements
Membership
She was a member of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm County from 2002 to 2014. She was also a member of the municipal council in Ekerö Municipality from 1999 to 2006, and served as its chairman from 2005 to 2006. She was elected a Member of Parliament in 2002 and served in the parliament"s Committee on Foreign Affairs.
She was a member of the board of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency from 2003 to 2007.
Interests
Connections
Married Nicke Lars Richard Bjorling, May 5, 1990. Children: Gustav, Kristina.
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Awards
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In 2006 Björling was awarded with the "Jerusalem Prize" from the Zionist Federation in Sweden. The award is given to persons who has shown "extraordinary support for Israel, Jerusalem and Zionism".
The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society.The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society.