Mikael Damberg

Mikael Damberg
Member of the Swedish parliament for Stockholm County
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 September 2002
Personal details
Born	13 October 1971 (1971-10-13) (age 40) Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden
Political party	Social Democrats
Alma mater	Stockholm University

Lars Mikael Damberg (born 13 October 1971) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He is member of the Swedish parliament since 2002, representing the Stockholm County constituency.^[1] In the parliament he currently serves as deputy chairman of the Committee on Education and as a member of the War Delegation.^[1]

Political career and education

Damberg was born in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden. His father is the former Swedish Social Democratic party treasurer Nils-Gösta Damberg and his mother former chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Youth Riita-Liisa Damberg.^[2] He joined the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in the late 1980s and served as a member of the board of the organization between 1993 and 1997.^[3] He also served as a member of the municipal council in Solna Municipality between 1991 and 2002.^[3] He is chairman of the Social Democratic party district in Stockholm County since 2004.^[3]

Between 1995 and 1997 Damberg worked as a political assistant to then Minister for Defence Thage G. Peterson, and between 1997 and 1999 as political assistant and speechwriter to then Prime Minister Göran Persson.^[3] Between 1999 and 2003 he was chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League.^[3]

Damberg has served as a member of the Swedish parliament in 2002, representing the Stockholm County constituency.^[1] In the parliament he currently serves as deputy chairman of the Committee on Education and as a member of the War Delegation.^[1] He has served as a member of the Committee on Education since 2002.^[1] He previously served as a deputy member of the Committee on Defence between 2002 and 2006, and as a deputy member of the Committee on Finance between 2006 and 2010.^[1]

Damberg earned a degree in public administration from Stockholm University in 2000.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Mikael Damberg (S)". Parliament of Sweden. 16 November 2010. http://www.riksdagen.se/Webbnav/index.aspx?nid=1811&iid=014744660015. Retrieved 17 November 2010. 
2. ^ Holmqvist, Anette (5 August 1998). "En rappare tar över SSU" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/9908/05/ssu.html. Retrieved 17 November 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "CV" (in Swedish). Mikael Damberg/Swedish Social Democratic Party. http://www.socialdemokraterna.se/Socialdemokratiska-riksdagsgruppen/Mikael-Damberg/Mer-om-mig/CV/. Retrieved 17 November 2010. 

External links

• Mikael Damberg at the Swedish Social Democratic Party
• Mikael Damberg at the Swedish parliament

Party political offices
Preceded by Niklas Nordström	Chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League 1999 – 2003	Succeeded by Ardalan Shekarabi

Persondata
Name	Damberg, Mikael
Alternative names	Damberg, Lars Mikael (full name)
Short description	Swedish politician
Date of birth	13 October 1971
Place of birth	Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death