Filippa Reinfeldt
{{Short description|Swedish politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|birthname = Filippa Désirée Amanda Cay Holmberg
| image = Almedalen 2014 (17364724038).jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| caption = Filippa Reinfeldt in July 2014
| office2 = Spouse of the Prime Minister of Sweden
| term_label2 = In role
| primeminister2 = Fredrik Reinfeldt
| term_start2 = 6 October 2006
| term_end2 = 20 February 2013
| predecessor2 = Anitra Steen
| successor2 = Ulla Löfvén
| office = Health Service Commissioner of Stockholm County
| term_start = 2006
| term_end = 2014
| predecessor = Inger Ros
| successor = Anna Starbrink
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|6|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
| death_date =
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| spouse = {{marriage|Fredrik Reinfeldt|1992|2013|end=div}}
| children = 3
| party = Moderate Party
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Filippa Désirée Amanda Cay Reinfeldt (née Holmberg; 14 June 1967) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She served as Health Service Commissioner of Stockholm County from 2006 to 2014, with responsible for health care, social affairs and hospitals. She was previously mayor of Täby Municipality from 2005 to 2006. In July 2019, she was appointed the Moderate Party's spokesperson on LGBT-issues.
She was married to former Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt from 1992 until their divorce in 2013. {{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/nu-skiljer-sig-fredrik-och-filippa-reinfeldt/|title=Nu skiljer sig Fredrik och Filippa Reinfeldt|first=Anna|last=Mattsson|date=February 20, 2013|website=www.expressen.se}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/6nXVbz/en-dag-var-det-bara-vi|title=”En dag var det bara vi”|date=March 8, 2012|website=www.aftonbladet.se}}
Early life
Filippa Holmberg was born on 14 June 1967, the daughter of Senior Captain Cay Holmberg and his wife Ulla Molin. The parents divorced, and she grew up with her mother in {{ill|Ålsten|sv|Ålsten|no|Ålsten|pl|Ålsten|fi|Ålsten}}.{{cite news |url=http://www.dn.se/livsstil/intervjuer/filippa-reinfeldt-mamma-har-lart-mig-att-skrattet-ar-viktigast |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |title=Filippa Reinfeldt: ”Mamma har lärt mig att skrattet är viktigast” |first=Niklas |last=Ekdal |date=8 November 2009 |access-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412075314/http://www.dn.se/livsstil/intervjuer/filippa-reinfeldt-mamma-har-lart-mig-att-skrattet-ar-viktigast/ |archive-date=12 April 2016 |language=sv}} She became a member of the Moderate Youth League (MUF) at the age of 13 and then pursued a humanistic-aesthetic program at {{ill|Bromma gymnasium|sv}} until 1986. After graduation, she was recruited to Timbro by Gunnar Hökmark. In 1989, she was recruited to the central MUF and participated in one of the largest recruitment projects in the organization's history: 200,000 first-time voters were called before the 1991 Swedish general election. In 1990, she was elected to the MUF board. Later, she was elected chairman of the Moderate Youth League in Solna Municipality.{{cite news |url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/fredrik-och-filippa-traffades-i-politiken/ |newspaper=Expressen |title=Fredrik och Filippa träffades i politiken |first=Johanna |last=Schreiber |date=8 March 2012 |access-date=8 March 2012 |language=sv}}
Career
Reinfeldt was Municipal Commissioner ({{langx|sv|kommunalråd}}) of Täby, Uppland, from 2002 and Mayor and Chairperson (Mayor) of the Täby Municipal Executive from 2005 until 2006.{{Cite web |url=http://www.taby.se/templates/TswPersonalListPage.aspx?id=4881 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926154704/http://www.taby.se/templates/TswPersonalListPage.aspx?id=4881 |url-status=dead |title=Förtroendevalda i kommunfullmäktige 2003-2006 |archivedate=September 26, 2006}}[http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/stockholm/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=541596 Nytt kommunalråd i Täby], Sveriges Radio, 18 January 2005 {{in lang|sv}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930200923/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/stockholm/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=541596 |date=September 30, 2007 }} Reinfeldt was appointed to several posts (förtroendevald) in the Stockholm City Council from 1991 to 1994 and councillor in the Stockholm County Council from 1994.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}
Filippa Reinfeldt's position as a politician was used by the Swedish Social Democratic Party to criticise Fredrik Reinfeldt during the 2006 Swedish general election.[https://www.dn.se/?a=453879 S kritiserar Filippa Reinfeldt], Dagens Nyheter, August 24, 2006 {{in lang|sv}} [https://www.dn.se/?a=453879] Following the 2006 general election Filippa Reinfeldt was re-elected as a Mayor in Täby with the Moderate Party alone gaining over 50% of the votes in the Täby municipal election. She resigned shortly afterwards in order to become County Commissioner of Health Services in the administration of Chris Heister.
On 16 October 2014 she challenged incumbent Finance Commissioner Torbjörn Rosdahl following the 2014 general election but lost, with the votes 20 for her against 22 for Rosdahl. She subsequently announced that she will retire from politics.[http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/filippa-reinfeldt-lamnar-politiken/ Filippa Reinfeldt announces her resignation following defeat in Finance Commissioner election] 2014-10-16
On 19 December 2014, Dagens Industri revealed that Reinfeldt would become a partner of private-owned health care company Aleris with responsible for business development and public affairs by February 2015.[http://www.di.se/artiklar/2014/12/19/filippa-reinfeldts-nya-jobb/ Filippa Reinfeldts new job.] Läst 2014-12-19.
Personal life
Filippa Reinfeldt met her future husband Fredrik Reinfeldt in 1989 when the two presided at the Moderate Youth League. They married in 1992 in Skeppsholmskyrkan and later moved to Täby. On 7 March 2012, the couple announced their separation.{{cite web|title=Reinfeldts announce their separation|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=5004341|work=Ekot|publisher=Sveriges Radio|date=2012-03-07|language=sv}} On 11 July, the couple signed their divorce application (customarily pending for six months).{{cite web|title=Reinfeldts signs divorce application|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/paret-reinfeldt-skiljer-sig/|work=News|publisher=Expressen|date=11 July 2012|language=sv}} On 20 February 2013, they signed the last papers that finalised their divorce. They have three children.
References
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071004220950/http://moderaterna.net.loopiadns.com/taby/politiker_visa.asp?id=2208 Moderaterna i Täby - Filippa Reinfeldt]{{in lang|sv}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051228233406/http://www.moderaterna.net/politiker/politiker_visa.asp?id=165 Filippa Reinfeldt] at the Moderate Party website {{in lang|sv}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061215144600/http://www.thelocal.se/5767/20061211/ The Local - Introducing Filippa Reinfeldt](humorous profile in English)
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