Christofer Fjellner
Encyclopedia
Gustav Christofer Ingemar Fjellner (born 13 December 1976 in Västerås
) is a Swedish politician
and Member of the European Parliament
. He is a member of the Moderate Party
, part of the European People's Party - European Democrats group.
He sits on the European Parliament
's Committee on International Trade and its Committee on Budgetary Control. He is also a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, a member of the delegation for relations with Belarus
, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Iran
.
He gained national prominence as chairman of the Moderate Youth League
from 2002 to 2004.
Västerås
Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...
) is a Swedish politician
Politics of Sweden
Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Prime Minister of Sweden. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party...
and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
. He is a member of the Moderate Party
Moderate Party
The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
, part of the European People's Party - European Democrats group.
He sits on the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's Committee on International Trade and its Committee on Budgetary Control. He is also a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, a member of the delegation for relations with Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
.
He gained national prominence as chairman of the Moderate Youth League
Moderate Youth League
The Moderate Youth League , officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives, is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. It had 12 051 members in 2010...
from 2002 to 2004.
Career
- Studied political science and public finance, Uppsala University and Lund University
- Researcher, TimbroTimbroTimbro is a libertarian, free market think tank and book publisher based in Stockholm, Sweden, that works to promote ideas, influence legislation and public opinion...
(free-market think tank), 1997 - Information officer, Svenska arbetsgivare föreningen (Swedish employers association), 1998–2000
- Editorial writer, Svenska DagbladetSvenska DagbladetSvenska Dagbladet is a daily newspaper in Sweden. The first issue appeared on 18 December 1884. Svenska Dagbladet is published in Stockholm and provides coverage of national and international news as well as local coverage of the Greater Stockholm region...
1999 - Consultant, sagt:gjort (public relations firm) 2001
- Vice-President and co-founder of Look Closer AB (business intelligence company)
- Chairman, Moderate Youth LeagueModerate Youth LeagueThe Moderate Youth League , officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives, is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. It had 12 051 members in 2010...
, 2002–2004 - President, Nordisk Ungkonservativ Union (Nordic Young Conservatives), 2002–2004
- Member of executive board, Moderaterna Swedish Conservatives)
- Member of Enköping Municipal Council 1998-2002
- Member of the Uppsala County Council 1998-2002