Nils Lundgren
Nils Lundgren at Gothenburg Book Fair 2008
Nils Gustav Herman Lundgren (born 13 July 1936, in Skövde) is a Swedish politician, economist, eurosceptic and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the leader of the eurosceptical June List, which he also co-founded.
He was elected to the European Parliament in 2004. He is a member of the bureau of the Independence and Democracy group, and vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control.
He is also a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and a member of the delegation to the EU–Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Education
- Doctorate in economics from Stockholm University (1975)
Career
- University lecturer in economics, Stockholm (1962-1963)
- Economics expert at EFTA secretariat in Geneva (1964-1965)
- Research at Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm (1966-1971)
- Researcher, Ministry of Industry (1971-1974)
- Guest researcher, Reading University (1975)
- Head of research unit, National Institute of Economic Research (1977-1979)
- Chief economist, PK-banken subsequently Nordbanken subsequently MeritaNordbanken (1980-1999)
- Economic adviser Nordea (1999-2001)
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 1988.[1]
- Artillery reserve officer
- Previously chairman and member of the Board of a number of Swedish and international companies and organisations
- Editor-in-chief of Ekonomisk debatt
- Integration i Västeuropa (Integration in Western Europe) (1974), Industripolitikens spelregler (Industrial policy - the rules of the game) (1981) and Europa ja - euro nej (Yes to Europe - no to the euro) (2003), as well as a number of other books, publications and articles
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