Anitra Steen
Anitra Steen | |
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Steen in 2010 | |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Sweden | |
In role 6 December 2003 – 6 October 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Annika Barthine |
Succeeded by | Filippa Reinfeldt |
Personal details | |
Born | Anitra Linnéa Bergström (1949-05-13) 13 May 1949 (age 75) Västanfors, Fagersta, Västmanland, Sweden |
Political party | Social Democrats |
Spouse(s) | Per Olof Steen (m. 1970, divorced)Göran Persson (m. 2003) |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Övre Torp, Flen, Södermanland |
Alma mater | Uppsala University (1971) |
Anitra Linnéa Steen (née Bergström; on 13 May 1949) is a Swedish politician, civil servant and the wife of former Prime Minister Göran Persson.
Steen held various governmental roles since 1989: state secretary for Persson-led Ministry of Education and then for the Ministry of Finance, as well as director-general of the Council for Higher Education and the Tax Agency.[1] Between 1999 and May 2009, when she retired, she was the manager of Systembolaget, the Swedish state alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly.[2] In that role she was forced to cope with a full blown corruption scandal, involving bribery of shop managers and senior staff by some major suppliers, including Vin & Sprit, formerly the producing and importing division of the Swedish state monopoly. Vin & Sprit is now owned by Pernod Ricard.
Personal life
Steen was born in Västanfors, Fagersta, Västmanland. She graduated from Uppsala University in 1971.[1]
In 1970, she married Per Olof Steen, with whom she has two children; the couple later divorced.[1] Since 6 December 2003, she has been married to Göran Persson, former Prime Minister of Sweden. Because of her personal connection to the head of the Swedish government, her independence as a board member of Scandinavian Airlines, which is jointly owned by the Scandinavian governments, was put in question by some.[according to whom?]
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Civic offices | ||
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Preceded by | State secretary for the Swedish Ministry of Education 1989–1991 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Director-general of the Swedish Council for Higher Education 1992–1994 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | State secretary for the Swedish Ministry of Finance 1994–1995 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Lennart Nilsson | Director-general of the Swedish Tax Agency 1996–1999 | Succeeded by Mats Sjöstrand |
Business positions | ||
Preceded by | CEO of the Systembolaget 1999–2009 | Succeeded by Magdalena Gerger |