Tove Lifvendahl
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Tove Lifvendahl is Swedish
writer, speaker and political commentator affiliated with the Moderate Party
. She grew up in Hälsingland
and graduated from Uppsala University
. In 2000, she was elected national chairman of the Moderate Youth League
, the youth-wing of the Moderate Party.
She was very successful in attracting media attention to the Moderate Youth League, but also led the failed campaign in 2002 which saw the Moderate share of first-time voters decrease from 30% to 13%. On the day of the election
she called for older politicians to resign and make room for younger, more modern Moderates. This contributed to, among others, Per Unckel
leaving front-line politics.
After Lifvendahl's resignation from MUF in 2002 she became the first Moderate Youth League chairman to be re-elected to the board of the party on her own mandate. She recently announced that she is to step down from that position. During the party congress of 2005 she opposed proposals for a more lenient view of trade unions.
Lifvendahl has contributed to many publications, among them her own book on former Moderate leader Gösta Bohman
.
Sweden
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writer, speaker and political commentator affiliated with 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...
. She grew up in Hälsingland
Hälsingland
' is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. It borders to Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and to the Gulf of Bothnia...
and graduated from Uppsala University
Uppsala University
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...
. In 2000, she was elected national 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...
, the youth-wing of the Moderate Party.
She was very successful in attracting media attention to the Moderate Youth League, but also led the failed campaign in 2002 which saw the Moderate share of first-time voters decrease from 30% to 13%. On the day of the election
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
she called for older politicians to resign and make room for younger, more modern Moderates. This contributed to, among others, Per Unckel
Per Unckel
Per Carl Gustav Unckel was a Swedish former Moderate Party politician and at the time of his death the Governor of Stockholm County....
leaving front-line politics.
After Lifvendahl's resignation from MUF in 2002 she became the first Moderate Youth League chairman to be re-elected to the board of the party on her own mandate. She recently announced that she is to step down from that position. During the party congress of 2005 she opposed proposals for a more lenient view of trade unions.
Lifvendahl has contributed to many publications, among them her own book on former Moderate leader Gösta Bohman
Gösta Bohman
Bo Gösta Bohman was a Swedish politician and the leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1970 to 1981, during a period in which the party strengthened its position in Swedish politics. He served as Minister for the Economy during the three-party centre-right Swedish...
.