Jan Sigurd Michael Arthursson (born 13 May 1958) is a

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and the current

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of the Centre Party. Arthursson joined the

Centre Party Youth The Centre Party Youth ( sv, Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund ; CUF) is the youth organization of the Centre Party in Sweden and is a liberal, green and market liberal The term market liberalism is used in two distinct ways. In the United Sta ...

in 1977 and soon came to hold various positions within the center movement through the 1990s, including Federal Secretary of the

, Chairman of the Centre Party in Stockholm and group leader in the

municipality of Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and most populous city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million i ...

. Since then he has worked as a management consultant and was instrumental in starting the think tank Fores, where he was chairman until March 2010. During the

election campaign A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group. In democracies, political campaigns often refer to electoral campaigns, by which representatives are chosen or referen ...

for the election of 2010, Arthursson was campaign manager for the Centre Party's national election campaign. On November 17, 2010 Arthursson was designated party secretary of the Centre Party and succeeded Anders Flanking on January 1, 2011. Arthursson has his roots in

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, but now lives in

Hässelby Hässelby is a Swedish town that is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby in the city of Stockholm, Sweden, comprising the suburban areas Hässelby Gård, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad. The territory also corresponds to Hässelby paris ...

outside Stockholm. He is the domestic partner of Lovisa Morén and has six children.

References

External links

Michael Arthursson – Centerpartiet.se
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arthursson, Michael Living people 1958 births Centre Party (Sweden) politicians People from Kungsbacka