Eliza Roszkowska Öberg
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Eliza Roszkowska Öberg is a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

-Swedish
Sweden
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 political figure who, in 2008, was elected to Sweden's Parliament, the Riksdag
Parliament of Sweden
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.

A native of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

, Eliza Roszkowska Öberg received her Master's degree
Master's degree
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 in computer science
Computer science
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 and economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

 at the Polish capital's university in 2002, at the age of 24. Later that year, she relocated to Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, where she served as an information technology
Information technology
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 consultant. Within two years, as a member of the Moderate Party, she ran for the Österåker
Österåker Municipality
Österåker Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åkersberga, with a population of 26,727 .From 1974 to 1982 Österåker was part of Vaxholm Municipality....

 municipal assembly
Municipal assembly (Sweden)
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 in Stockholm County
Stockholm County
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, with the county seat in the city of Åkersberga
Åkersberga
Åkersberga is a locality and the seat of Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 26,727 inhabitants in 2005.-History:In 1901 a railway station named Berga was opened on this rural spot some 30 km from Stockholm. Some shops and a post office followed...

, where she resides. She is Member of the Swedish Parliament since 2006 and has currently seat 85 in the Riksdag, representing the constituency in her region of Stockholm County. Eliza Roszkowska Öberg works in the Transport and Communications Committee.

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