Nils Lundgren (born 13 July 1936 in Skövde, Westrogothia) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the June List, a member of the bureau of the Independence and Democracy group, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control. July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Skövde is a Municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. ... Westrogothia (Västergötland) is a historical Province (landskap) in the southwest of Sweden. ... Popular government in Sweden rests upon ancient traditions. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... The June List (Junilistan) is a Swedish political party started to run in the European Parliament election in 2004. ... The Independence and Democracy group, formed July 20, 2004 is a euro-sceptic political group with seats in the European Parliament. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

He is also a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and a member of the delegation to the EU–Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Career

• Doctorate in economics (1975)
• University lecturer in economics, Stockholm (1962-1963)
• Economics expert at EFTA secretariat in Geneva (1964-1965)
• Research at Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm (1966-1971)
• Researcher, Ministry of Industry (1971-1974)
• Guest researcher, Reading University (1975)
• Head of research unit, National Institute of Economic Research (1977-1979)
• Chief economist, PK-banken subsequently Nordbanken subsequently MeritaNordbanken (1980-1999)
• Economic adviser Nordea (1999-2001)
• Artillery reserve officer
• Previously chairman and member of the Board of a number of Swedish and international companies and organisations
• editor-in-chief of 'Ekonomisk debatt'
• Integration i Västeuropa (Integration in Western Europe) (1974), Industripolitikens spelregler (Industrial policy - the rules of the game) (1981) and Europa ja - euro nej (Yes to Europe - no to the euro) (2003), as well as a number of other books, publications and articles

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External links

• European Parliament biography (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=28142)
• Declaration (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/28142_18-07-2004.PDF) of financial interests (in Swedish; PDF file)