Marita Ulvskog

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Marita Ulvskog

|caption = Ulvskog delivering a speech at Sergels torg in Stockholm in May 2014

|honorific-suffix = MEP

|image = Marita Ulvskog inför EU-valet i maj 2014.jpg

|office = Member of the European Parliament

|term_start = 2009

|term_end = 2019

|constituency = Sweden

|office1 = Secretary of the Social Democratic Party

|leader1 = Göran Persson
Mona Sahlin

|term_start1 = 10 September 2004

|term_end1 = 10 March 2009

|predecessor1 = Lars Stjernkvist

|successor1 = Ibrahim Baylan

|office2 = Acting Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

|primeminister2 = Göran Persson

|term_start2 = 31 October 2003

|term_end2 = 31 May 2004

|predecessor2 = Margareta Winberg

|successor2 = Lars Engqvist

|office3 = Minister for Culture and Sports

|primeminister3 = Göran Persson

|term_start3 = 22 March 1996

|term_end3 = 13 September 2004

|predecessor3 = Margot Wallström

|successor3 = Leif Pagrotsky

|office4 = Minister for Civil Service Affairs

|primeminister4 = Ingvar Carlsson

|term_start4 = 7 October 1994

|term_end4 = 22 March 1996

|predecessor4 = Inger Davidsson

|successor4 = Jörgen Andersson

|office5 = Member of the Swedish Parliament

|term_start5 = 20 September 1998

|term_end5 = 16 June 2009

|constituency5 = Gothenburg

|birth_name = Marita Helena Ulvskog

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|9|4|df=y}}

|birth_place = Luleå, Sweden

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = {{flag|Sweden|name=Swedish}}
Social Democratic Party
{{flag|EU}}
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

|spouse =

|children =

|alma_mater = Stockholm University

|website =

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Marita Elisabet Ulvskog (born 4 September 1951) is a Swedish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Social Democrats, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

Early career

Ulvskog is a trained journalist and she worked for several years on the Journal of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation.[https://www.pes.eu/en/about-us/the-party/vice-presidents/marita-ulvskog/# Marita Ulvskog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124162637/https://www.pes.eu/en/about-us/the-party/vice-presidents/marita-ulvskog/ |date=2018-11-24}} Party of European Socialists.

Member of the Swedish Parliament, 1998–2009

Ulvskog was a member of the Parliament of Sweden from 1998 to 2009. During that time, she was the Minister for Civil Service Affairs from 1994 to 1996 and Minister for Culture in the minority government led by Prime Minister Göran Persson from 1996 to 2004.Rikard Jozwiak (November 18, 2008), [https://www.politico.eu/article/eurosceptic-to-lead-swedish-socialist-campaign/ Eurosceptic to lead Swedish socialist campaign] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324145553/https://www.politico.eu/article/eurosceptic-to-lead-swedish-socialist-campaign/ |date=2020-03-24}} European Voice. She also served as the party secretary of the Social Democrats from 2004 to 2009.

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–2019

On 30 September 2008 it was revealed that Ulvskog would lead the Social Democrats in the 2009 European Parliament election although she during the 90's was involved in the critical debate on EU.Rikard Jozwiak (November 18, 2008), [https://www.politico.eu/article/eurosceptic-to-lead-swedish-socialist-campaign/ Eurosceptic to lead Swedish socialist campaign] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324145553/https://www.politico.eu/article/eurosceptic-to-lead-swedish-socialist-campaign/ |date=2020-03-24 }} European Voice. She was elected with the strong support of personal votes{{Clarify|dated=February 2013; what does that mean?|date=February 2015}} and now serves as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

In Parliament, Ulvskog served as vice chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs from 2014 until 2019. She was also a member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. From 2009 until 2014, she served on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

In addition to her committee assignments, Ulvskog serves ad a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_26-Western%20Sahara.pdf Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508153659/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_26-Western%20Sahara.pdf |date=2018-05-08 }} European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara. and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.[http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831215301/http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ |date=2019-08-31 }} European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

Ulvskog was one of the four vice presidents of the Party of European Socialists, under the leadership of chairman Sergei Stanishev.