Education
Svantesson studied economy at Örebro University between 1987-1991.
politician Member of the Riksdag
Svantesson studied economy at Örebro University between 1987-1991.
Prior to being elected to the Swedish Riksdag, she was a university teacher and doctoral. She holds a economics licentiate from 2006. Svantesson was elected to the Swedish Riksdag in the 2006 general election.
On 17 September 2013, she was appointed Minister for Employment by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Following defeat in 2014, she returned to the Riksdag where she become deputy chair of the Committee on Social Insurance. On 11 December 2014, Svantesson was appointed spokesperson for employment policies of the Moderate Party and deputy chair of the Committee on Employment.
On 17 December 2014, she was nominated to become second deputy leader of the Moderate Party.
A member of the Moderate Party, she has been an Member of Parliament of the Swedish Riksdag since 2006. In the Riksdag, she became an ordinary member of the Labour Market Committee and a deputy member of the Enterprise Committee. In October 2009 she also became deputy member of the Finance Committee and in November 2009 she became an ordinary member of the board of the Swedish National Audit Office.
She retained her seat in the 2010 general election and from 2010 she was an ordinary member of the Finance Committee until 2012 when she became chairman of the Labour Market Committee.