First Lady of Sweden

Filippa Reinfeldt, First Lady of Sweden (wife of Prime Minister)

Filippa Reinfeldt, First Lady of Sweden

Filippa Désirée Amanda Cay Reinfeldt (born Holmberg June 14, 1967 in Stockholm) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician. She has been Municipal Commissioner (Swedish: kommunalråd) of Täby, Uppland, since 2002 and Mayor and Chairperson of the Täby Municipal Executive since 2005. Reinfeldt was appointed to various posts (förtroendevald) in the Stockholm City Council from 1991 to 1994 and councillor in the Stockholm County Council from 1994.

She has been married since 1992 to Moderate Party leader and Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt, with whom she has three children. Filippa Reinfeldt’s position as a politician was used by the Swedish Social Democratic Party to criticize Fredrik Reinfeldt during the 2006 Swedish general election. Following the 2006 general election Filippa Reinfeldt was re-elected as a Mayor in Täby with the Moderate Party alone gaining over 50 % of the votes in the Täby municipal election. She resigned shortly afterwards in order to become County Commissioner of Health Services in the administration of Chris Heister.