Anitra Steen
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13 May 1949
Anitra Steen | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Steen in 2010 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| In role 6 December 2003 – 6 October 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Annika Barthine |
| Succeeded by | Filippa Reinfeldt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anitra Linnéa Bergström 13 May 1949 |
| Party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse(s) |
Per Olof Steen
(m. 1970, divorced) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University (1971) |
Anitra Linnéa Steen (née Bergström; on 13 May 1949) is a Swedish politician, civil servant who is the wife of former Prime Minister Göran Persson.
Steen held various governmental roles since 1989: state secretary for Persson-led Ministry of Education and then for the Ministry of Finance, as well as director-general of the Council for Higher Education and the Tax Agency.[1] Between 1999 and May 2009, when she retired, she was the manager of Systembolaget, the Swedish state alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly.[2] In that role she was forced to cope with a full blown corruption scandal, involving bribery of shop managers and senior staff by some major suppliers, including Vin & Sprit, formerly the producing and importing division of the Swedish state monopoly. Vin & Sprit is now owned by Pernod Ricard.