Emma Henriksson (born 18 November 1977) is a

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. She was a member of the

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and a substitute

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of the

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from 2006 to 2010, replacing

Mats Odell Mats Christer Johannes Odell (born 30 April 1947) is a Swedish politician (Christian Democrat). He served as Minister of Communications (Transport) from 1991 to 1994 and as Minister for Financial Markets from 2006 to 2010. Odell was chairman o ...

when he served as Minister for Financial Markets. From 2010 to 2018, Henriksson was a member of the Riksdag by her own. She was chairwoman of the Riksdag's Committee on Social Affairs from 2014. She was

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of her party from 2012 to 2015, replacing Mats Odell. She was the second deputy

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from 2015 to 2017.

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Emma Henriksson
at the

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