Roberta Runa Enrica Alenius (born 29 July 1978) is a Swedish

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who served as

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and as

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, at the Prime Minister's Office, during the premiership of former

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Fredrik Reinfeldt John Fredrik Reinfeldt (pronounced ; born 4 August 1965) is a Swedish economist, lecturer, former Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 2003 to 2015. He was the last rotating Presi ...

from 2006 to 2014. Alenius was born in

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, to an

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father. Prior to joining the Prime Minister's Office, Alenius worked as an administrator to the

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in the

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and as a

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. On 23 February 2015, Alenius and Reinfeldt confirmed they were in a relationship. On 14 January 2017, Alenius confirmed they were expecting Reinfeldt's fourth and her first child.

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