Background
Björklund, Leni was born on July 5, 1944.
politician Minister for Defence
Björklund, Leni was born on July 5, 1944.
She graduated from Uppsala University with a Bachelor of Arts As a local politician, Björklund was a Commissioner in the 1970s and 1980s, first in Järfälla Municipality north of Stockholm 1977-1979, and later in Stockholm County Council 1980-1989.
She served as Minister for Defence from 2002 to 2006. She went on to work as Managing Director for the Planning and Rationalisation Institute for the Health and Social Services. Björklund was Sweden"s first female Minister for Defence.
As a female, she has not done any national service in the military of Sweden, and she was the first Minister of Defence to not have done southern
Leni Björklund holds an honorary doctorate degree from Karolinska Institutet, a Stockholm medical university. Björklund has also been reported to Konstitutionsutskottet several times.
In November 2005, she was reported for initiating military co-operation with the dictatorship of Saudi Arabia.