Karin Elisabeth Svantesson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has served as first deputy leader of the party since 2019.
Elisabeth Svantesson in 2023.
Svantesson in 2018.
The Moderate Party, commonly referred to as the Moderates, is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism. Globally, it is a full member of the International Democracy Union and the European People's Party.
An election poster from the party in 1914 stating that military defense comes first.
The second cabinet of Arvid Lindman in 1928.
Jarl Hjalmarsson, leader of the party between 1950 and 1961.
Carl Bildt, leader of the party between 1986 and 1999, was Foreign Minister between 2006 and 2014.