Early life and education
Svensson and her four siblings were brought up in a rural environment that was focused more on the sea than on their home inCareer
In 1997, she joined Göteborg&Co, Sweden as one of their project manager for data analysis. From 2000 Svensson worked at Business Sweden in New York. In 2002, Svensson joined Sweden's diplomatic service and two years later she joined the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C. as a Trade Attaché in charge of the environmental program. She joined the European Commission in 2008, as national? expert in trade and chief negotiator for Trade and Sustainable Development for the EU Free Trade Agreements (EU-FTAs) and Economic Partnership Agreements. She negotiated the Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in the EU-FTAs with Singapore, the Economic Partnership Agreements with Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific. She was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Lighthouse Maritime Cluster at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, and a member of the Delegation for the Baltic Sea Fund in Åland, Finland. From 2012, Svensson held the position of Ambassador for Environment, Ocean & Water at the Swedish Ministry of the Environment. She played a key role in laying the groundwork for the 1st UN Ocean Conference, which Sweden co-hosted with Fiji in 2017. In 2012-2020, Svensson was a board member of Swedes Worldwide, non-profit and politically independent organisation for 700,000 Swedes living abroad. In 2015, Svensson supported the Swedish UN Security Council Secretariat and provided strategic guidance in building alliances and partnerships on blue economy, and adaptation to climate change. She was involved in negotiations with Small Island Developing States and coastal African nations, emphasizing the need for green infrastructure and resilience to climate change. From 2014 to 2016, she served as a board member of the MISTRA Centre for Sustainable Markets at the Stockholm School of Economics in Stockholm, Sweden. From 2016 Svensson served at the UN Environment Programme, while she was on leave of absence for two years from UN without payment and had two children. She led work on global ocean issues, including marine pollution, coral reefs sustainable blue economy, the oceans' connection to climate change and ocean governance. Svensson also contributed to the ''Clean Seas'' campaign (BBC Plastic Pollution) which mobilized governments and private sector to combat marine pollution. She engaged on public private partnership for sustainable solutions. She has served as an Adviser to the UN Decade of Ocean Science, and to the National Science Centre of Sweden in Göteborg, Sweden. In 2017, she co-edited the ''Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans''. From 2017 to 2019, she was a member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) in Beijing, China. She has been advocating women's role in management of the coastal environment. In 2021-2025, Svensson served at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Deputy Director, as from 2023 as adviser for global cybersecurity and digital affairs. She developed partnerships with private sector and civil society. Launched public private partnership with Microsoft, ITU and Global Forum for Cyber Expertise. She is appointed Chair by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for the Bicentennial Swedish-American Exchange Fund, for the exchange of persons from the USA and Sweden, established by an Act of the Swedish Parliament in 1976. She supported OECD in Paris, France, on the Sustainable Ocean for All Initiative and she was a board member of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Centre for Environment and Ocean in Oslo, Norway. Since 2024, Svensson is the Member of the Advisory Board of International Platform for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS). From 2025, Svensson is the Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Sweden,References
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