Anitra Steen
Anitra Steen | |
|---|---|
Steen in 2010 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| In role 6 December 2003 – 6 October 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Annika Barthine |
| Succeeded by | Filippa Reinfeldt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anitra Linnéa Bergström 13 May 1949 Västanfors, Fagersta, Västmanland, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse(s) |
Per Olof Steen
(m. 1970, divorced) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Övre Torp, Flen, Södermanland |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University (1971) |
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Anitra Linnéa Steen (née Bergström; on 13 May 1949) is a Swedish politician, civil servant and the wife of former Prime Minister Göran Persson.
Steen held various governmental roles since 1989: state secretary for Persson-led Ministry of Education and then for the Ministry of Finance, as well as director-general of the Council for Higher Education and the Tax Agency. Between 1999 and May 2009, when she retired, she was the manager of Systembolaget, the Swedish state alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly. In that role she was forced to cope with a full blown corruption scandal, involving bribery of shop managers and senior staff by some major suppliers, including Vin & Sprit, formerly the producing and importing division of the Swedish state monopoly. Vin & Sprit is now owned by Pernod Ricard.