Oliver Rosengren

Oliver Carl Fredrik Rosengren, (born 4 June 1992) is a Swedish politician for the Moderate Party. He has served as Member of the Riksdag (MP) since the 2022 election. Before his election to the Parliament, Rosengren served as councillor in Växjö Municipality from 2017 to 2022.[1]

Oliver Rosengren
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
26 September 2022
ConstituencyKronoberg County
Personal details
Born (1992-06-04) 4 June 1992
Växjö, Sweden
Political partyModerate Party
Alma materLinnaeus University

Besides being councillor from 2017, he was also chairman of the municipality's work and welfare committee from 2015 to 2021.[2] As such, Rosengren become nationally known as a staunch supporter of the "Arbetslinjen", including cutting income tax, reducing social security payments and implementing measures to combat social exclusion.[3] He was named "Sweden's most powerful politician under the age of 30" in 2021.[4]

In his youth, he was district president of the Moderate Party Youth league in Kronoberg, and a member of the national board of the Youth league from 2014 to 2016. [5]

References

  1. Marken, Jesper (11 October 2016). "Frank fortsätter – som Växjös borgmästare". Smålandsposten. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. "Oliver Rosengren ska leda nämnden för arbete och välfärd". Retrieved 29 November 2019 via Sveriges Radio.
  3. ""I Växjö frågar vi varje dag efter alla som är arbetslösa"". www.dagenssamhalle.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  4. "30 mäktigaste under 30 – morgondagens ministrar och partiledare". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  5. "DEBATT: Moderaterna måste tillbaka till arbetslinjen". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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