{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1952)}} {{Multiple issues| {{expand Swedish|topic=bio|date=September 2016}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2016}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Barbro Holmberg | honorific_suffix = | image = Barbro Holmberg.jpg | caption = Holmberg in September 2012 | order = Governor of Gävleborg | term_start = 21 January 2008 | term_end = 31 July 2015<br /><small>({{Age in years and days|2008|1|21|2015|7|31}})</small> | appointer = Fredrik Reinfeldt | lieutenant = | predecessor = Christer Eirefelt | successor = Per Bill | order2 = Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy | term_start2 = 10 October 2003 | term_end2 = 6 October 2006<br /><small>({{Age in years and days|2003|10|10|2006|10|6}})</small> | prime_minister2 = Göran Persson | predecessor2 = Jan O. Karlsson | successor2 = Tobias Billström | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|4|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Lycksele, Västerbotten County, Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Thomas Nordegren||1987|reason=div}} | party = Social Democratic | relations = | children = 3, including Elin Nordegren | alma_mater = Stockholm University | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Barbro Holmberg''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈbǎrːbroː ˈhɔ̂lmbærj}}; born 7 April 1952) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. On 10 October 2003 she was appointed Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in the Swedish Government. As a consequence of the change of government following the 2006 government election, she left office on 6 October 2006, and in 2008 she was appointed the governor of Gävleborg County.
Holmberg was born in Lycksele, Västerbotten, and grew up in Jörn.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rogeman |first1=Anneli |title=Pappas hemby ger kraft |url=https://www.svd.se/pappas-hemby-ger-kraft |access-date=10 May 2021 |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=24 October 2003}}</ref> She has a degree in social work.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-10-03 |title=Migrationsverkets gd blir minister |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/300849 |access-date=2024-09-21 |work=Sveriges Radio P4 Östergötland |language=sv}}</ref>
She was married to radio journalist Thomas Nordegren and has three children, including Elin Nordegren, who has been married to the American golfer Tiger Woods.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1208/woodst.html|title=Woods' mother-in-law taken to hospital|date=8 December 2009|publisher=RTÉ|access-date=8 December 2009}}</ref>
== Career == *2008 – Governor of Gävleborg County *2003 – Minister, Ministry for Foreign Affairs *2003 – Director-General, Swedish Migration Board *2002 – State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs *1999 – Political Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs *1999 – Project Leader, the Children's Project, Ministry for Foreign Affairs *1998 – Secretary of the Committee appointed to review the activities of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman *1996 – Secretary of the Committee on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (appointed to review Swedish legislation and practice in relation to the UN Convention) *1995 – Editor, ''Socialpolitik'' magazine *1989 – Freelance (assignments from the National Institute of Public Health, National Board of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Swedish Alcohol Retailing Monopoly, Swedish Association of Local Authorities, etc.) *1980 – Editor, ''PsykologTidningen'' magazine *1977 – Information Officer, National Association for Aid to Drug Abusers (RFHL) *1976 – Research Assistant, National Board of Health and Welfare
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081204034232/http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/9942/a/95567 Press release from the Swedish Government regarding Holmberg's appointment to landshövding (Swedish)]
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