Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Name Tobias Krantz Succeeded by Jan Bjorklund Alma mater Uppsala University Party Liberals | Education Uppsala University Preceded by Lars Leijonborg Role Swedish Politician | |
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Born 7 April 1971 (age 52)
Jonkoping, Sweden ( 1971-04-07 ) | ||
Political party Liberal People's Party | ||
Tobias krantz kunskap r avg rande f r sveriges framtid
Tobias Kjell Bertil Krantz (born 7 April 1971) is a Swedish politician of the Liberal People's Party. He served as Minister for Higher Education and Research in the Swedish government between 17 June 2009 and 5 October 2010.
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- Tobias krantz kunskap r avg rande f r sveriges framtid
- Debatt mellan tobias krantz och mikael damberg i almedalen hos sulf del ii
- Education
- Political career
- Personal life
- References
Debatt mellan tobias krantz och mikael damberg i almedalen hos sulf del ii
Education
Tobias Krantz grew up in Bankeryd, Jönköping Municipality, Sweden. He earned a B.A. in politics, economics, history and French from Uppsala University in 1995. From 1995 to 2002 he was a Ph.D student and lecturer in political science at Uppsala University. His Ph.D. thesis, published in 2002, was titled The power over the region. A critical study of the debate about Swedish regions from 1963 to 1996.
Political career
Krantz served as vice president of the Liberal Youth of Sweden from 1996 to 1999. He also worked as an editorial writer for Upsala Nya Tidning from 1994 to 1999. He was a member of the Liberal People's Party's committee on higher education from 2000 to 2001, and worked as chief analyst for the party from 2001 to 2002.
Krantz has served as a Member of Parliament since the 2006 election. In the parliament he was a member of the Committee on the Constitution and the War Delegation from 2002 to 2006. Since 2006 he is a member of the Committee on Health and Welfare and a deputy member of the Committee on Civil Affairs, Committee on Cultural Affairs, Committee on Social Insurance and the Committee on European Union Affairs. He is also a member of the board of the Liberal People's Party and a deputy member of board of Riksrevisionen.
Following Lars Leijonborg's decision to step down from the Swedish government, Krantz was appointed as new Minister for Higher Education and Research on 17 June 2009. Krantz left the government on 5 October 2010, following the 2010 election.
Personal life
Tobias Krantz is married to Anna Grönlund Krantz, also a Liberal People's Party politician, with whom he has one child.