Career
He has been Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports in the Swedish Government since 2014. Wikström started his career in the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in Västmanland County in 2006. As national chairman, Wikström confronted the Social Democrats leadership by pushing a proposal of a 90-day warranty for young unemployed people through the Social Democrats Congress in 2013.
The proposal was rejected by the party leadership, but gained hearing by the Congress delegates and is now one of the Löfven cabinet"s key reforms, although it has not been implemented or announced yet (as of December 2015).