After internship at the National Swedish Labour Market Board (Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen, AMS), Hellquist started working as journalist at Karlstads-Tidningen
the board of the Swedish Labour Market Administration (Swedish: Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen) from 2005 to 2006. Following the victory in the 2006 general election
Leijon was employed at the Swedish Labour Market Administration (Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen) in 1964 and became agency director there in 1970. Leijon was minister