Berit Andnor

Berit Andnor (born November 20, 1954) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She is currently (as of 2005) Minister for Social Affairs in the Swedish government. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Swedish Social Democratic Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti, commonly referred to as Socialdemokraterna), is the largest political party in Sweden. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ...

Berit Andnor grew up in a working-class family in Gothenburg, and she and her sister was the first her family to be given the opportunity to obtain a higher education. She has a University Diploma in Social Work from the University College of Östersund (now Mid Sweden University) in Jämtland, and since then she has been living in the region. Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg  listen ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ... The Mid Sweden University or Mittuniversitetet is a Swedish university with three main campuses, in Östersund, Sundsvall, Härnösand, and a minor branch in Örnsköldsvik. ... Jämtland County, or Jämtlands län, is a County or län in the north of Sweden. ...

In the 1980s she worked as director of social welfare services in Berg Municipality. In 1982 she was elected to the county council, and from 1986 to 1991 she sat on its Executive Board, the beginning of her career as a full-time politician. In 1991 she was elected to the Riksdag as a Member of Parliament. She chose to focus her work as a parlamentarian on gender equality issues and labour market policy. Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Berg is a Municipality in Jämtland County, in north eastern Sweden. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Riksdag is also the Swedish name of the Parliament of Finland. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

Since then, Andnor has held a number of high ranking posts, such as vice-president of the Council of Europe parliamentarian assembly, 1996-1998, and chair of the Swedish National Labour Market Board, 1997-2000. She has also been a member of theexecutive committee of National Federation of Social Democratic Women in Sweden from 1995 to 2003. The Palace of Europe in Strasbourg The Council of Europe is an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Still, her name was not very known to the public when Prime Minister Göran Persson made her Minister for Children and Families in 2002. On November 1, 2004, she became Minister for Social Affairs. The Prime Minister or Statsminister is the head of Government in Sweden. ... Hans Göran Persson  listen (born January 20, 1949) is a Swedish politician. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

Information page on the Swedish Government web site (http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/1244)