Jytte Guteland

Jytte Guteland
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2014
Personal details
Born	(1979-09-16) 16 September 1979 Huddinge, Sweden
Political party	Social Democrats
Profession	Economist

Jytte Gunlög Elisabeth Bengtsson Guteland (born 16 September 1979)^[1][2] is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats, and has been MEP since 1 July 2014.

Career

Guteland has a master's degree in Economics from Södertörn University. She was a member of the national executive board of the Social Democratic Youth League from 2005 to 2007 with responsibility for the welfare issues. She was chairperson of the Social Democratic Youth League from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, she was mentioned as a possible candidate for the party leadership of the Social Democrats.

She has also been a political advisor at the Ministry of Finance and at the Ministry of Education. In addition, she has worked as project manager for the Swedish think tank organization Global Challenge.

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present

Gutteland was elected to the European Parliament during the 2014 European Parliament election in Sweden. She has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the Parliament’s delegation for relations with Iran.

Other activities

• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Council^[3]

References

External links

• Jytte Guteland's webpage