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Jessika Roswall

Jessika Roswall
Official portrait, 2024
European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 December 2024
PresidentUrsula von der Leyen
Preceded byVirginijus Sinkevičius
Minister for EU Affairs and Nordic Cooperation
In office
18 October 2022 – 10 September 2024
Prime MinisterUlf Kristersson
Preceded byHans Dahlgren (European Union Affairs)
Anna Hallberg (Nordic Cooperation)
Succeeded byJessica Rosencrantz
Member of the Riksdag
In office
4 October 2010 – 29 August 2024
ConstituencyUppsala County
Personal details
Born (1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 (age 52)
Uppsala, Sweden
Political partyModerate Party
Alma materUppsala University
Stockholm University

Jessika Roswall, formerly Vilhelmsson, is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party.[1] She serves as European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy and Swedish European Commissioner since 1 December 2024.[2][3]

She served as Minister for European Union Affairs[4] and Minister for Nordic Cooperation in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson from 2022 to 2024. She was also a member of parliament from the 2010 general election to 2024, representing Uppsala County.[5][6]

Early life and education

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Roswall is the daughter of lawyer Anders Roswall; her mother is a teacher. She graduated from high school in 1991 and studied history at Stockholm University in 1995–1997. She moved to Uppsala to study law at Uppsala University and graduated in law (LLM) in 2002.[7]

Career

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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.[8][9]  

At the same time, Roswall was a deputy in the municipal council of Enköping.[10]

In the 2010 parliamentary election, Roswall was elected 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.[11] She became her party’s spokesperson on EU relations in 2019.[12]

From 18 October 2022, Roswall served as Minister for EU Affairs and for Nordic Cooperation in the Kristersson Cabinet.[13]

Following the 2024 European elections, the Swedish government nominated Roswall as the country's European Commissioner serving under President Ursula von der Leyen.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Protokoll 2014/15:1 Måndagen den 29 september [Protocol 2014/15:1 Monday September 29th]". Sveriges Riksdag (in Swedish). Swedish Parliament. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Swedish Government EU Representation Account". Twitter.
  3. ^ "Parliament approves the "von der Leyen II" Commission | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Sweden's new Government". Government of Sweden. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Jessika Roswall". Moderate Party (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  6. ^ "List of members elected to the Riksdag in 2014" (PDF). Altinget (in Swedish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  7. ^ Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Jessika Roswall (M) - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Advokaten - Månadens advokat Jessika Vilhelmsson: "Det var medvetet att inte hamna i justitieutskottet"". www.advokaten.se. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Ceders Advokatbyrå". ceders.nu. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  10. ^ Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Jessika Roswall (M) - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  11. ^ Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Jessika Roswall (M) - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  12. ^ Goujard, Clothilde (28 December 2022). "Swedish presidency of the EU: The Swedes Europe needs to know". Politico Europe.
  13. ^ "Sverige får en ny regering". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  14. ^ Starcevic, Seb (8 July 2024). "Sweden nominates EU minister as its next European commissioner". Politico Europe.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for European Union Affairs
2022–2024 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Nordic Cooperation
2022–2024
Preceded by Swedish European Commissioner
2024– 		Incumbent
Preceded by European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy
2024–