Ms. Carina Nilsson was elected Chairman of the Malmö City Council in October of 2018 and is the first woman to hold this position. She was previously the Deputy Mayor in charge of welfare, healthcare, and social services between 2010-2018 and was also previously the chairman of the municipal welfare, healthcare, and social services board.
Ms. Nilsson received her degree as an occupational therapist in 1980. She received her teaching degree at Uppsala University in 1987 and worked as a teacher (1985-92) at the institution for occupational therapy at Lund University. She also worked as a licensed occupational therapist within both the municipality as well as the region until 1992. After that she held the position of health planner at Malmö University Hospital. In 2008 she gained her Master’s degree in public health at Malmö University.
Her political career began in the 1980’s on the sanitation committee and as are placement on the municipal environmental board in Malmö. After that she had a number of municipal political roles such as chairman of the environmental board 1997-2006 and chairman of the cultural board 2007-2010. During 2008-2010 Carina Nilsson was the Deputy Mayor in charge of culture and leisure.
In addition to her municipal political roles, Ms. Nilsson is also the chairman of the organisation Social Democratic Women Malmö and is on the board of the Skåne municipal alliance. Since 2016 she is chairman of the faculty board at the Odontological department of Malmö University.
Ms. Carina Nilsson was elected Chairman of the Malmö City Council in October of 2018 and is the first woman to hold this position. She was previously the Deputy Mayor in charge of welfare, healthcare, and social services between 2010-2018 and was also previously the chairman of the municipal welfare, healthcare, and social services board.
Ms. Nilsson received her degree as an occupational therapist in 1980. She received her teaching degree at Uppsala University in 1987 and worked as a teacher (1985-92) at the institution for occupational therapy at Lund University. She also worked as a licensed occupational therapist within both the municipality as well as the region until 1992. After that she held the position of health planner at Malmö University Hospital. In 2008 she gained her Master’s degree in public health at Malmö University.
Her political career began in the 1980’s on the sanitation committee and as are placement on the municipal environmental board in Malmö. After that she had a number of municipal political roles such as chairman of the environmental board 1997-2006 and chairman of the cultural board 2007-2010. During 2008-2010 Carina Nilsson was the Deputy Mayor in charge of culture and leisure.
In addition to her municipal political roles, Ms. Nilsson is also the chairman of the organisation Social Democratic Women Malmö and is on the board of the Skåne municipal alliance. Since 2016 she is chairman of the faculty board at the Odontological department of Malmö University.