Jessika Roswall | |
Office: | Minister for European Union Affairs and Nordic Cooperation |
Primeminister: | Ulf Kristersson |
Term Start: | 18 October 2022 |
Predecessor: | Hans Dahlgren (European Union Affairs) Anna Hallberg (Nordic Cooperation) |
Party: | Moderate Party |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1972 |
Birth Place: | Uppsala, Sweden |
Alma Mater: | Uppsala University Stockholm University |
Office3: | Member of the Riksdag |
Term Start3: | 4 October 2010 |
Constituency3: | Uppsala County |
Jessika Roswall (; born 18 December 1972)[1] is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for European Union Affairs[2] 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.[3] [4]
Roswall is the official Swedish nominee for EU Commissioner, following the 2024 EU elections.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] [8]
At the same time, Roswall was a deputy in the municipal council of Enköping.[9]
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.[10] She became her party’s spokesperson on EU relations in 2019.[11]
Since 18 October 2022, Roswall has been serving as Minister for EU Affairs and for Nordic Cooperation in the Kristersson Cabinet.[12]
Following the 2024 European elections, the Swedish government nominated Roswall as the country's European Commissioner serving under President Ursula von der Leyen.[13]
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