Ella Elin Nikolina Bohlin (born 1979) is a

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in Sweden.

Early life and education

Bohlin was born in

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Munici ...

. She has a B.A. in

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and has worked as a

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instructor.

Political career

Bohlin was the leader of the Christian Democratic Youth League of Sweden between 2005 and 2008. She was her party's top candidate in the

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to the

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, but was not elected because

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, the former party leader, received more individual votes and took the party's single seat. In 2011 she became an advisor to the government on behalf of her party in environmental and agricultural matters. In 2014 she was elected to the

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, where she is minister for children and the aged.

Personal life and views

She is married to Per Bohlin. She is an

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and has been labeled a

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, but says she does not care about the subject. She is a former member of Livets ord.

Notes

External links

Stockholm County Council pageElla Bohlin's blog
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