Mona Sahlin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mona Sahlin
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Mar 9, 1957(1957-03-09)
Age	67
Birthplace	Sollefteå
Country	Sweden
Birth City	Västernorrland
Horoscope	Pisces

Mona Sahlin Biography

Mona Sahlin is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 9, 1957 in Sollefteå, Västernorrland, Sweden. The Stockholm County constituency was represented by the Swedish Social Democratic Party politician from 1982 to 1996, and again from 2002 to 2011. She served as Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of her party during the second half her term.

Both she and She and Liberal People’s Party politician Nyamko Sabuni were both female members of the Swedish Parliament. , a politician from the Liberal People’s Party, were female members of Sweden’s Parliament.

Sahlin was born Mona Ingeborg Andersson in Sollefteå, Västernorrland County, Sweden. Her father, Hans Andersson, worked at different ungdomsvårdsskolor (community homes or reformatories), forcing the family to move frequently. In the mid 1960s they moved to Järla in Stockholm County where they remained. Her father later became an advisor to former Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson.

In 1964, at the age of seven, Sahlin founded the Swedish “Barbie Club” (Barbieklubben). During her childhood she also enjoyed soccer and music. In Melodifestivalen 1969 (the selection for the song to represent Sweden at the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest) Sahlin performed as one of the back up singers to Jan Malmsjö. The song was written by Benny Andersson and Lasse Berghagen and it came in second place.

Mona Ingeborg Andersson was born in Stockholm County, Sweden. A relationship she had with David Pena, a Chilean national, resulted in Ann-Sofie as her child. She later married Bo Sahlin to produce Jenny and Johan, who died as an infant.

Mona Sahlin Net Worth

Mona Sahlin is one of the richest Politician from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mona Sahlin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She worked in her twenties for the Swedish National Union of State Employees. At the age of twenty-five she was elected to the Riksdag (the Swedish parliament).

She briefly left politics in the mid-to late 1990s to become a broadcast journalist. She was elected chair of the European Council Against Racism.

Mona Ingeborg Sahlin (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmôːna saˈliːn] ; née Andersson; born 9 March 1957) is a Swedish politician who was leader of the opposition and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 2007 to 2011.

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Who is Mona Sahlin Dating?

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In October 1995, the newspaper Expressen following an investigation led by Christian Democratic Spanish-Swedish Public Auditor Carlos Medina de Rebolledo revealed that Sahlin, who was then serving as Deputy Prime Minister and was widely seen as the main candidate to succeed Ingvar Carlsson as Prime Minister, had charged more than 50,000 Swedish kronor for private expenses on her working charge card, which was only for working expenses. At a news conference she admitted that she had used a Government credit card to buy groceries. She further confessed to having failed to pay 19 parking tickets and several bills for her children’s day care on time. Later, she apologized in a Stockholm newspaper. A preliminary investigation was initiated by the chief prosecutor Jan Danielsson, as a result of the transactions, and was closed in early 1996 when it came to the conclusion that there was no infringement. She eventually paid the bills (and an extra of 15,000 kronor) to the Treasury. The controversy was dubbed as the “Toblerone affair” due to the inclusion of Toblerone bars on the credit card statement.

Facts & Trivia

Mona Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Mona Sahlin celebrates birthday on March 9 of every year.

Sahlin returned to national politics in 1998 when then Prime Minister Göran Persson appointed her as Minister without Portfolio. She served first in the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communication from 1998 to 2002, then from 2002 to 2004 in the Ministry of Justice as the “Minister for Democracy and Integration”, and from 2004 to 2006 in the Ministry of Sustainable Development as the “Minister for Sustainable Development”. In 2004, she was the Social Democratic minister for integration of refugees and her public positions indicated an opposition to proposed restrictions on asylum seekers, arguing the all refugees entering Sweden must have the same rights and obligations.