Jytte Guteland
| Jytte Guteland | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
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| Born |
16 September 1979 Huddinge, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Profession | Economist |
Jytte Gunlög Elisabeth Bengtsson Guteland (born 16 September 1979)[1][2] is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats, and has been MEP since 1 July 2014.
Career
Guteland has a master's degree in Economics from Södertörn University. She was a member of the national executive board of the Social Democratic Youth League from 2005 to 2007 with responsibility for the welfare issues. She was chairperson of the Social Democratic Youth League from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, she was mentioned as a possible candidate for the party leadership of the Social Democrats.
She has also been a political advisor at the Ministry of Finance and at the Ministry of Education. She has also worked as project manager for the Swedish think tank organization Global Challenge.
She was elected to the European Parliament during the 2014 European Parliament election in Sweden.
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| Preceded by Anna Sjödin |
Chairperson of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League 2007–2011 |
Succeeded by Gabriel Wikström |