Anna Tenje

{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1977)}}

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| name = Anna Tenje

| image = Anna tenje.22g405.1322363.jpg

| office = Minister for Older People and Social Security

| term_start = 18 October 2022

| term_end =

| monarch = Carl XVI Gustaf

| primeminister = Ulf Kristersson

| predecessor = Ardalan Shekarabi

| successor =

| office3 = Mayor of Växjö

| term_start3 = 1 January 2017

| term_end3 = 23 November 2022

| predecessor3 = Bo Frank

| successor3 = Malin Lauber

| office2 = Second Deputy Leader of the Moderate Party

| leader2 = Ulf Kristersson

| alongside2 =

| term_start2 = 19 October 2019

| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 = Elisabeth Svantesson

| successor2 =

| office4 = Member of the Riksdag

| term_start4 = 2 October 2006

| term_end4 = 4 October 2010

| constituency4 = Kronoberg County

| birth_name = Anna Jenny Carolina Bergkvist

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|10|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Värnamo, Sweden

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Moderate Party

| spouse =

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| caption = Tenje in 2022

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Anna Jenny Caroline Tenje (née Bergkvist; born 22 October 1977) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Older People and Social Security since 18 October 2022 in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson.{{cite web |url=https://www.government.se/press-releases/2022/10/swedens-new-government/ |title=Sweden's new Government |date=18 October 2022 |publisher=Government of Sweden |access-date=1 November 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155229/https://government.se/press-releases/2022/10/swedens-new-government/ |archive-date=18 October 2022}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20221018/key-points-everything-you-need-to-know-about-swedens-new-government-2/|title=KEY POINTS: Everything you need to know about Sweden's new government|date=18 October 2022|accessdate=18 October 2022 |journal=The Local}}

Anna Tenje was a member of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2010 representing Kronoberg County. In 2011, she was appointed municipal commissioner of Växjö serving as chairman of the technical board (2011–2014) and as chairman of the education board (2015–2016).[http://www.smp.se/vaxjo/m-har-gjort-sitt-val-tenje-ska-ta-over/ M har gjort sitt val - Anna tar över] 2016-09-16 On 1 January 2017, she became Governing Mayor, serving until she was appointed to the Kristersson cabinet. She also serves as Deputy Leader of the Moderate Party, along with Elisabeth Svantesson, since 2019.

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{{s-ttl|title=Second Deputy Leader of the Moderate Party|years=2019–present}}

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{{s-ttl|title=Minister for Older People and Social Security|years=2022–present}}

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