Cecilia Schelin Seidegård (born 18 May 1954, in Stockholm as Irene Cecilia Schelin), is a Swedish biochemist who served as Governor of Gotland County from 2010 to 2018 (including a two-year extension beyond December 2016).[1]
Cecilia Schelin Seidegård | |
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.jpg) Schelin Seidegård opens Årets kultur during the Almedalen Week in 2014 | |
| In office 2010–2018 | |
| 36th Governor of Gotland | |
| Appointed by | Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Marianne Samuelsson |
| Succeeded by | Anders Flanking |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Irene Cecilia Schelin May 18, 1954 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Spouse | Janeric Seidegård |
| Profession | Biochemist |
Seidegård grew up in Visby. In her youth, she was active in the Free Students, a political party of a students' union. For 1981–82, she was vice-chairman of the Swedish National Union of Students.[2]
She obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry, and then worked in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in the Astra Group, where she was director of research at AstraZeneca.[3] In 2003–2004, she was CEO of Huddinge University Hospital AB, and in 2004–2007 she was Director of the merged Karolinska University Hospital.[4][5] Since 2004 she has been Chairman of the Board of the Royal Institute of Technology. Since 2008, she has also been chairman of the Systembolaget. She was elected in 2007 as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. From 2010 to 2018 she was County Governor of Gotland and in 2019 she was appointed County Governor of Kalmar County for one year.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Förlängt förordnande för landshövdingen på Gotland (Extended appointment for the Governor of Gotland)" (in Swedish). Regeringskansliet. 2015-07-02. Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ Nilsson, Jenny. ""Gotland har ett modernt näringsliv"". Gotlands Näringsliv #1 2010 (in Swedish). Visby: Gotlands Media AB. pp. 14–15.
- ^ TT (2008-03-13). "Optimistisk ny Systemet-ordförande". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Keller, Awiwa (2006-09-12). "Krismöte om infektionsvården". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Karolinska to cut 280 million kronor next year". The Local. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Regeringen.se: Cecilia Schelin Seidegård vikarierande landshövding i Kalmar län, läst 3 juli 2020