Jessika Roswall
Jessika Roswall | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Roswall in 2024 | |
| Minister for European Union Affairs Minister for Nordic Cooperation | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Ulf Kristersson |
| Preceded by | Hans Dahlgren (European Union Affairs) Anna Hallberg (Nordic Cooperation) |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2010 | |
| Constituency | Uppsala County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1972 Uppsala, Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University Stockholm University |
Jessika Roswall (née Vilhelmsson; born 18 December 1972) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for European Union Affairs and Minister for Nordic Cooperation in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2010 general election, representing Uppsala County. Roswall is the official Swedish nominee for EU Commissioner, following the 2024 EU elections.
Early life and education
Roswall is the daughter of the lawyer Anders Roswall; her mother is a teacher. She graduated from the high school in 1991. She studied history at Stockholm University in 1995–1997, and then moved to Uppsala to study the law at Uppsala University. She graduated in law (LLM) in 2002.
Early career
After graduation, Roswall started working as a paralegal at the law firm Wigert & Placht. She then became a lawyer, specializing in criminal and family law.
Political career
At the same time, Roswall was a deputy of the municipal council in Enköping.
In the 2010 parliamentary election, Roswall was elected as a member of parliament for the Moderate Party. As a newly appointed member of parliament, she became a member of the tax committee. Since 2011, she has been a member of the Civil Affairs Committee, where she works with consumer policy issues, among other things. Since 2015, she has also been a member of the Swedish Consumer Agency 's transparency council. She became her party’s spokesperson on EU relations in 2019.
Since 18 October 2022, Roswall has been serving as Minister for EU Affairs and for Nordic Cooperation in the Kristersson Cabinet.
Following the 2024 European elections, the Swedish government nominated Roswall as the country’s European Commissioner serving under President Ursula von der Leyen.
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