Karin Agneta Börjesson (born 1957) is a Swedish politician and former member of the

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, the national

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. A member of the

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, she represented

Halland County Halland County (, ) is a county ('' län'') on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad. Prince Julian, the son of Prince Carl Philip, is Duke of Halland. ...

between October 2010 and September 2018. Börjesson is the daughter of

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s Karl-Gustav Börjesson and Ingeborg Börjesson (née Johansson). She was educated in

Kungsbacka Kungsbacka () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County, Sweden, with 19,057 inhabitants in 2010. It is a part of Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area. It is one of the most affluent parts of Sw ...

and

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in the USA. She studied at the

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and the Nordic College for Public Health. She was head of planning at the

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from 2002 to 2006 during the second Persson government. She was a member of the

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Kungsbacka Municipality Kungsbacka Municipality () is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, some 30 km south of Gothenburg. The municipal seat is located in the town Kungsbacka. In 1969 ''Tölö'' was merged into the ''City of Kungsbacka''. ...

between 1988 and 1991; in 2002; and between 2006 and 2007. She was a member of the

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from 1988 to 1998 and of the regional council in Halland County from 2006 to 2007. She was

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of the Green Party from 2007 to 2011.

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1957 births 21st-century Swedish women politicians Living people Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag from the Green Party Women members of the Riksdag {{Sweden-politician-stub