Anna Karin Pilsater (born 24 June 1960) is a Swedish
politician
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member
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of the
Riksdag
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since 1991, representing Stockholm County, and was previously the party's spokesperson on
economic policy
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.
Karin Pilsäter was born in
Vantör
Vantör () was a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the southern part of Stockholm
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in southern
Stockholm
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. She studied at the
Stockholm School of Economics
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1984–1988. Before her involvement in politics she has worked as shop assistant,
cashier
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, economic secretary,
accountant
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and as economic chief.
She lives in
Tullinge
Tullinge is a suburb of Greater Stockholm, Sweden. It is located in the eastern part of Botkyrka Municipality, on the border to the Flemingsberg part of Huddinge Municipality. It had approximately 20,000 inhabitants in 2011.Karin Pilsäter at the Liberal People's Party Karin Pilsäter at the
Riksdag
The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ...