Lena Hjelm-Wallén

{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1943)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Lena Hjelm-Wallén

|office = Acting Minister for Defence

|primeminister = Göran Persson

|term_start = 30 September 2002

|term_end = 21 October 2002

|predecessor = Björn von Sydow

|successor = Pär Nuder {{small|(Acting)}}

|office1 = Acting Minister for Justice

|primeminister1 = Göran Persson

|term_start1 = 21 September 2000

|term_end1 = 11 October 2000

|predecessor1 = Laila Freivalds

|successor1 = Thomas Bodström

|office2 = Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

|primeminister2 = Ingvar Carlsson
Göran Persson

|term_start2 = 10 November 1995

|term_end2 = 21 October 2002

|predecessor2 = Mona Sahlin

|successor2 = Margareta Winberg

|primeminister3 = Ingvar Carlsson

|term_start3 = 16 February 1990

|term_end3 = 27 February 1990
{{small|Acting}}

|predecessor3 = Kjell-Olof Feldt {{small|(Acting)}}

|successor3 = Odd Engström

|office4 = Minister for Foreign Affairs

|primeminister4 = Ingvar Carlsson
Göran Persson

|term_start4 = 7 October 1994

|term_end4 = 7 October 1998

|predecessor4 = Margaretha af Ugglas

|successor4 = Anna Lindh

|office5 = Minister for International Development Cooperation

|primeminister5 = Olof Palme
Ingvar Carlsson

|term_start5 = 17 October 1985

|term_end5 = 4 October 1991

|predecessor5 = Ola Ullsten

|successor5 = Alf Svensson

|office6 = Minister for Education

|primeminister6 = Olof Palme

|term_start6 = 8 October 1982

|term_end6 = 17 October 1985

|predecessor6 = Jan-Erik Wikström

|successor6 = Lennart Bodström

|office7 = Minister for Schools

|primeminister7 = Olof Palme

|term_start7 = 4 January 1974

|term_end7 = 8 October 1976

|predecessor7 = Position established

|successor7 = Britt Mogård

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|1|14|df=y}}

|birth_place = Sala, Sweden

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Social Democratic

|spouse = Ingvar Wallén

|alma_mater = Uppsala University

|signature = Amsterdam Treaty FA Sweden.png

}}

Lena Birgitta Hjelm-Wallén (born 14 January 1943) is a Swedish politician. In 1968 Hjelm-Wallén became a member of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) and she held several cabinet positions, starting in 1974 as the youngest minister to that date. A member of the Social Democratic party, she served as Minister for Education from 1982 to 1985, as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1998 and as deputy prime minister from 1995 to 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.gp.se/ekonomi/s%C3%B6ker-en-lyssnande-ledare-1.1205977|title=Söker en lyssnande ledare|publisher=Göteborgsposten|language=Swedish|author=Dick Henriksson|date=19 December 2006|accessdate=14 September 2018}}

She has served as chair of the governing board of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), an intergovernmental organisation with 25 member states whose objective is supporting sustainable democratic change worldwide.