About us

Stockholm Region EU Office serves as a representation office in Brussels for Stockholm Region – Europe´s most attractive metropolitan region. We bring together local and regional authorities in the region and represent one of the most innovative, competitive and fastest growing metropolitan regions in Europe.

With a population of over 3.6 million people, we represent approximately 36 percent of the entire population in Sweden. Stockholm Region EU Office has five full-time employees providing information, recommendations and communicating with the EU institutions.

Stockholm Region EU Office has five full-time employees who support local and regional governments in Stockholm Region by providing information, recommendations and communicating with the EU institutions. Stockholm Region EU Office monitor the legislative and regulatory activities in the European Union and enable and state our joint positions and recommendations towards EU policy makers.

Organisation

Stockholm Region EU Office is a joint office for local and regional authorities in Stockholm Region. The office is, legally speaking, a company owned by the non-profit organisation Stockholm Region Association for European Affairs. Founding members in the Association are the City of Stockholm, Region Stockholm, Storsthlm, together with other members, Mälardalsrådet (Council for the Stockholm Mälar Region), Region Gotland, Region Sörmland, Region Uppsala and Region Västmanland.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors for Stockholm Region EU Office consists of three top management directors from the founding members of the Stockholm Region Association for European Affairs.

Madeleine Sjöstrand, Storsthlm, Chairman
Magdalena Bosson, City of Stockholm
Carina Lundberg Uudelepp, Region Stockholm
Kristina Tidestav, Solna Municipality (substitute)

Board of Stockholm Region Association for European Affairs

The board of the Stockholm Region Association for European Affairs gather politicians from the members of the association and are responsible for the strategic direction and policy areas to be prioritised.

Founding members
City of Stockholm
Anna König Jerlmyr (M)
Cecilia Brink (M) 
Karin Wanngård (S)

Region Stockholm
Cecilia Löfgreen (M)
Daniel Forslund (L)
Joakim Jonsson (S)

Storsthlm 
Mats Gerdau (M)
Stefan Bergström (C)
Hans-Erik Salomonsson (S)

Other members
Kristoffer Tamsons (M), Mälardalsrådet (The Council for the Stockholm Mälar Region)
Jesper Skalberg Karlsson (M), Region Gotland
Jacob Sandgren (S), Sörmland Regional Council
Björn-Owe Björk (KD), Region Uppsala
Denise Norström (S), Region Västmanland

Adjunct members from the European Committee of the Regions
Jelena Drenjanin (M), Huddinge Municipality
Pehr Granfalk (M), City of Solna
Caroline Hoffstedt (S), Uppsala Municipality
Mohamad Hassan (L), Uppsala Municipality

(C = The Centre Party, KD = The Christian Democratic Party, L = The Liberal Party, M = The Moderate Party, MP = The Green Party, S = The Social Democratic Party, V = The Left Party)

 

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The Stockholm Region Office

Stockholm Region EU Office serves as a representation office for Stockholm Region in Brussels with five full-time employees.

We represent one of the most competitive and fastest growing metropolitan regions in Europe with a population of over 3.6 million people, representing approximately 36 percent of the entire population of Sweden.

We monitor the legislative and regulatory activities in the European Union, and enable and state our joint positions and recommendations towards EU policy makers.