![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Sveriges_miljominister%252C_Lena_Sommestad_under_miljoministermote_i_Kopenhamn_2005-04-07_%2528croped%2529.jpg/640px-Sveriges_miljominister%252C_Lena_Sommestad_under_miljoministermote_i_Kopenhamn_2005-04-07_%2528croped%2529.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Lena Sommestad
Swedish politician and economic historian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lena Sommestad (born 3 April 1957) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and economic historian. She was Minister for the Environment in the Ministry of Sustainable Development in the Cabinet of Göran Persson from 2002 to 2006.
![]() |
Quick Facts Minister for the Environment, County Governor of Halland ...
Lena Sommestad | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Minister for the Environment | |
In office 2002–2006 | |
County Governor of Halland | |
In office 2014–2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1957-04-03) 3 April 1957 (age 67) |
Political party | Social Democratic |
Close
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Lena_Sommestad_%28862095738%29.jpg/640px-Lena_Sommestad_%28862095738%29.jpg)
Sommestad studied social sciences at Uppsala University and received a PhD degree in 1992. From 1998 to 2002 she was the managing director of the Swedish Institute for Futures Studies (Institutet för framtidsstudier). She had not held a politically elected office before Prime Minister Göran Persson made her Minister for the Environment in October 2002.[1]
Between April 2014 and March 2020, she was County Governor of Halland.[2]