Maj-Inger Klingvall
Maj-Inger Klingvall | |
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Klingvall at Nordic Forum in Malmö, Sweden in June 2014 | |
| Minister for Social Security | |
| In office 22 March 1996 – 14 September 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Anna Hedborg |
| Succeeded by | Ingela Thalén |
| Acting Minister of Health and Social Affairs | |
| In office 29 October 1998 – 16 November 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Anders Sundström |
| Succeeded by | Lars Engqvist |
| Minister for International Development Co-operation | |
| In office 14 September 1999 – 16 November 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Pierre Schori |
| Succeeded by | Jan O. Karlsson |
| Minister for Migration | |
| In office 14 September 1999 – 16 November 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Pierre Schori |
| Succeeded by | Jan O. Karlsson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elsa Maj-Inger Ohlsson 15 May 1946 Nyköping, Sweden |
| Party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse |
Rolf Klingvall
(m. 1967, divorced) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University Linköping University |
Elsa Maj-Inger Klingvall, née Ohlsson (born 15 May 1946) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and diplomat. She served as a member of the Riksdag for Östergötland County from 1988 to 2002 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Göran Persson, first as minister for social security (1996–1999) and later as minister for international development co-operation and minister for migration (1999–2001). After leaving government, she was Sweden’s ambassador to Mozambique, with accreditation to Swaziland, from 2003 to 2007, and later worked at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs with responsibility for West Africa until her retirement in 2011. She has also been active in the Social Democratic Women in Sweden and served as chair of UNICEF Sweden from 2017.