Background
HJELM-WALLÉN, Lena was born on January 14, 1943 in Sala, Sweden. Daughter of Gustav Hjelm and Elly Hjelm (née Johannson).
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Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Edit ProfileDiplomat politician Member of the Riksdag
Education
Uppsala University Master of Philosophy, 1965. Teacher Training College, 1966.
Career
Member of Riksdag since 1969. (in Second Chamber for Västmanland, 1969-1970). Deputy member of Constitution Committee, 1969-1970.
Cultural Affairs committee, 1971-1973. And Labour Market Committee, 197982. Member of the Administration of Justice Committee, 1971-1973.
Member, Education Committee, 1976-1978, and 197982. United Nations delegate, 1980 and 1981. Member of Select Parliamentary Committee, 1978-1982.
Cabinet Minister without Portfolio, 1973-1976. Cabinet Minister and Minister of Education, 1982-1985. Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Development Cooperation), since Oct 1985.
Member of the Public Section Select Committee, 1977-1982. Member of County Education Board in Västmanland, 1977-1982. Member, Swedish United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Council, 1980-1982.
Chairman of Mass Movement Council for Foreign Aid, since 1986. Member of Drafting Committee of 1968 for Church and State, 1968-1972. Expert on Family Law Committee, 1969-1974.
Member. Crime Commission, 1973. Member, Drafting Committee for Secondary Schools, 1977-1981. Member, Delegation for better school Environment and follow up of Reform Decision concerning Primary Schools, 1979-1980.
ViceChairman of Child and Youth Delegation, 1983-1986. Chairman, 1986; Board member of Social Democratic Youth Club in Sala, chairman, 1967-1970. Chairman of Social Democratic Women’s circle in Västmanland county, 1972-1974.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Young Social Democrats in Västmanland County. Chairman, 1967-1970; Member of Union Board, 1970-1972. Member of Social Democratic Labour Party District in Västmanland County, since 1970, Chairman since 1986.
Deputy of Social Democratic Labour Party Executive Committee, since 1987. Member of School Board in Sala, 1968-1973. Professional career: Secondary School Teacher in Borlänge, 1965, and in Sala, 1965-1968.
Achievements
Membership
In 1968 Hjelm-Wallén became a member of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) and she held several cabinet positions, starting in 1974 as the youngest minister to that date. A member of the Social Democratic party, she served as Minister for Education from 1982 to 1985, as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1998 and as Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 2002.
Connections
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Political Party
Swedish Social Democratic Labour Party