# Stefan Attefall

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{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1960)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name            = Stefan Attefall
| image           = Stefan Attefall, 2014.jpg
| image_size      = 250px
| caption         = Stefan Attefall at the [2014 Riksdag Opening Session](/source/Riksdag) on 29 September 2014.
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1960|8|21|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [Lycksele](/source/Lycksele), [Västerbotten](/source/V%C3%A4sterbotten)
| death_date      =
| death_place     = 
| office          = [Governor of Uppsala County](/source/Governor_of_Uppsala_County)
| monarch         = [Carl XVI Gustaf](/source/Carl_XVI_Gustaf)
| term_start      = 20 April 2023
| prime_minister  = [Ulf Kristersson](/source/Ulf_Kristersson)
| predecessor     = [Göran Enander](/source/G%C3%B6ran_Enander)
| successor       = 
| office2         = [Minister for Public Administration](/source/Minister_for_Civil_Service_Affairs)
| monarch2        = [Carl XVI Gustaf](/source/Carl_XVI_Gustaf)
| term_start2     = 5 October 2010
| term_end2       = 3 October 2014
| prime_minister2 = [Fredrik Reinfeldt](/source/Fredrik_Reinfeldt)
| predecessor2    = [Mats Odell](/source/Mats_Odell)
| successor2      = [Ardalan Shekarabi](/source/Ardalan_Shekarabi)
| office3         = [Minister for Housing](/source/Ministry_of_Health_and_Social_Affairs_(Sweden))
| monarch3        = [Carl XVI Gustaf](/source/Carl_XVI_Gustaf)
| term_start3     = 5 October 2010
| term_end3       = 3 October 2014
| prime_minister3 = [Fredrik Reinfeldt](/source/Fredrik_Reinfeldt)
| predecessor3    = [Mats Odell](/source/Mats_Odell)
| successor3      = [Mehmet Kaplan](/source/Mehmet_Kaplan)
| office4         = [Member of the Riksdag](/source/Member_of_the_Riksdag)
| term_start4     = 30 September 1991
| term_end4       = 3 October 1994
| term_start5     = 5 October 1998
| term_end5       = 29 September 2014
| constituency4   = [Jönköping County](/source/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping_County_(Riksdag_constituency))
| constituency5   = [Jönköping County](/source/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping_County_(Riksdag_constituency))
| party           = [Christian Democrats](/source/Christian_Democrats_(Sweden))
| occupation      = [Politician](/source/Politician), [Contributing editor](/source/Contributing_editor)
| majority        = 
| relations       = 
| spouse          = Cecilia Attefall
| children        = 3
| website         = {{official website}}
| footnotes       =  
}}
'''Jan Stefan Attefall''' (born 21 August 1960, in [Lycksele](/source/Lycksele), [Västerbotten County](/source/V%C3%A4sterbotten_County)) is a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) [politician](/source/politician) and [civil servant](/source/civil_servant) who currently serves as [Governor of Uppsala County](/source/Governor_of_Uppsala_County) since 2023.<ref name="Regeringen och Regeringskansliet 2023">{{cite web | title=Stefan Attefall ny landshövding i Uppsala län | publisher=Regeringen och Regeringskansliet | date=2023-03-02 | url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/03/stefan-attefall-ny-landshovding-i-uppsala-lan/ | language=sv | access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref> He previously served as [Minister for Public Administration](/source/Minister_for_Civil_Service_Affairs) and [Minister for Housing](/source/Ministry_of_Health_and_Social_Affairs_(Sweden)) from 2010 to 2014.<ref name=attefall1>{{cite web| url = http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/13493 | title = Stefan Attefall | accessdate = 2011-01-11 | publisher = Swedish Government Offices}}</ref> He is a member of the [Christian Democrats](/source/Christian_Democrats_(Sweden)).

== Biography ==
Attefall has a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from [Umeå University](/source/Ume%C3%A5_University). He is the son of the boat builder Konrad Lindström and adopted mother Solveig's Attefall. His brother Anders Sellström is also a Christian Democratic politician. Attefall joined KDS in his teens and soon received political assignments.

Attefall was union chairman of the Christian Democratic Youth Union 1986–1989. Attefall was [Member of the Riksdag](/source/List_of_members_of_the_Swedish_Riksdag) from 1991 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2014.<ref name=attefall>{{cite web| url = http://www.riksdagen.se/Webbnav/index.aspx?nid=1111&iid=0745549193810 | title = Stefan Attefall (kd) | accessdate = 2010-01-29 | publisher = Sveriges Riksdag}}{{cite news| url = http://www.aftonbladet.se/sommarisverige/article5231827.ab | title = Stefan Attefall (kd) | accessdate = 2010-04-01 | newspaper = Aftonbladet}}</ref> In the [Riksdag](/source/Riksdag), Attefall served as [parliamentary group leader](/source/parliamentary_group_leader) of his party from 2002 to 2010 and as chairman of the [Committee on Finance](/source/Committee_on_Finance_(parliament_of_Sweden)) from 2006 to 2010.

His name is associated with the Attefall house, a larger version of the [friggebod](/source/friggebod).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.svd.se/naringsliv/riksdagen-sade-ja-till-attefallshus_3629932.svd | title=Riksdagen sade ja till Attefallshus | date=4 June 2014 | agency=Svenska Dagbladet | accessdate=22 June 2014 | author=Jorner, Björn}}</ref>

Elected chairman of RIO (Rörelsefolkhögskolornas intresseorganisation) in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stefan Attefall vald som ny ordförande för RIO |url=http://www.sverigesfolkhogskolor.se/vara-organisationer/rio/nyheter/stefan-attefall-vald-som-ny-ordforande-for-rio/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=www.sverigesfolkhogskolor.se |language=sv}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Attefall married the psychologist Karin Hansson (born 1958) in 1986, later divorced, married for the second time in 1996 to the journalist Cecilia Hjorth Attefall (born 1967),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cecilia Hjorth Attefall |url=https://www.attefall.com/cecilia/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Attefall.com |date=25 May 2018 |language=sv-SE}}</ref> who is chairman of Erikshjälpen and chairman of the senior citizens' committee in [Jönköping Municipality](/source/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping_Municipality). They have three children together, a son and two daughters. The family lives in [Jönköping](/source/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping).

==References==
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==External links==
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