Filippa Reinfeldt

Who is Filippa Reinfeldt?

Filippa Désirée Amanda Cay Reinfeldt is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and the former wife of current Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

Reinfeldt was Municipal Commissioner of Täby, Uppland, from 2002 and Mayor and Chairperson of the Täby Municipal Executive from 2005 until 2006. Reinfeldt was appointed to several posts in the Stockholm City Council from 1991 to 1994 and councillor in the Stockholm County Council from 1994.

Filippa Reinfeldt's position as a politician was used by the Swedish Social Democratic Party to criticise 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.