Jessika Roswall Explained

Jessika Roswall
Office:European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy
Term Start:1 December 2024
President:Ursula von der Leyen
Predecessor:Virginijus Sinkevičius
Office1:Minister for EU Affairs and Nordic Cooperation
Primeminister1:Ulf Kristersson
Term Start1:18 October 2022
Term End1:10 September 2024
Predecessor1:Hans Dahlgren (European Union Affairs)
Anna Hallberg (Nordic Cooperation)
Successor1:Jessica Rosencrantz
Office3:Member of Parliament
Term Start3:4 October 2010
Term End3:29 August 2024
Constituency3:Uppsala County
Party:Moderate Party
Birth Date:18 December 1972
Birth Place:Uppsala, Sweden
Alma Mater:Uppsala University
Stockholm University

Jessika Roswall (; born 18 December 1972)[1] is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. 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

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

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]

Since 18 October 2022, Roswall has been serving 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jessika Roswall. 17 February 2021. Riksdagen.se. sv.
  2. Web site: Swedish Government EU Representation Account . Twitter.
  3. Web site: 2024-11-27 . Parliament approves the “von der Leyen II” Commission News European Parliament . 2024-11-27 . www.europarl.europa.eu . en.
  4. Web site: Sweden's new Government . 18 October 2022 . . 1 November 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155229/https://government.se/press-releases/2022/10/swedens-new-government/ . 18 October 2022.
  5. Web site: Jessika Roswall. 17 February 2021. Moderate Party. sv. 23 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220123024922/https://moderaterna.se/uppsala/jessika-roswall. dead.
  6. Web site: List of members elected to the Riksdag in 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190819023350/https://www.altinget.se/misc/riksdag2014.pdf. 19 August 2019. 17 February 2021. Altinget. sv.
  7. Web site: Riksdagsförvaltningen . Jessika Roswall (M) - Riksdagen . 2022-11-06 . www.riksdagen.se . sv.
  8. Web site: Advokaten - Månadens advokat Jessika Vilhelmsson: "Det var medvetet att inte hamna i justitieutskottet" . 2022-11-06 . www.advokaten.se . 1 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230601081236/https://www.advokaten.se/Tidningsnummer/2010/Nr-9-2010-Argang-76/Manadens-advokat-Jessika-Vilhelmsson-Det-var-medvetet-att-inte-hamna-i-justitieutskottet/ . dead .
  9. Web site: Ceders Advokatbyrå . 2022-11-06 . ceders.nu.
  10. Web site: Riksdagsförvaltningen . Jessika Roswall (M) - Riksdagen . 2022-11-06 . www.riksdagen.se . sv.
  11. Web site: Riksdagsförvaltningen . Jessika Roswall (M) - Riksdagen . 2022-11-06 . www.riksdagen.se . sv.
  12. Web site: Clothilde . Goujard . 2022-12-28 . Swedish presidency of the EU: The Swedes Europe needs to know . .
  13. News: 2022-08-11 . Sverige får en ny regering . sv . SVT Nyheter . 2022-11-06.
  14. Web site: Seb . Starcevic . 2024-07-08 . Sweden nominates EU minister as its next European commissioner . .