Jessika Roswall ( Jessika Vilhelmsson; born 18 December 1972) is a

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of the

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. She has served as Minister for European Union Affairs and Minister for Nordic Cooperation in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 2022 and has been

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since the 2010 general election, representing

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Early life and education

Roswall is the daughter of the lawyer Anders Roswall; her mother is a teacher. She graduated from the high school in 1991. She studied history at Stockholm University in 1995–1997, and then moved to Uppsala to study the law at Uppsala University. She graduated in law (

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) in 2002.

Early career

After graduation, Roswall started working as a paralegal at the law firm ''Wigert & Placht''. She then became a lawyer, specializing in criminal and family law.

Political career

At the same time, Roswall was a deputy of the municipal council in Enköping. In the 2010 parliamentary election, Roswall was elected as a member of parliament for the Moderate Party. As a newly appointed member of parliament, she became a member of the tax committee. Since 2011, she has been a member of the Civil Affairs Committee, where she works with consumer policy issues, among other things. Since 2015, she has also been a member of the Swedish Consumer Agency 's transparency council. She became her party’s spokesperson on EU relations in 2019. Since October 18, 2022, Roswall has been serving as Minister for EU Affairs and for Nordic Cooperation in the

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