Mikael Odenberg
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Mikael Odenberg | |
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 Mikael Odenberg during a visit to the USA in April 2007 | |
| Minister for Defence | |
| In office 6 October 2006 – 5 September 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Leni Björklund |
| Succeeded by | Sten Tolgfors |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1953 |
| Party | Moderate Party |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University Stockholm School of Economics |
| Occupation | Politician, Major |
Mikael Ingemarsson Odenberg (born 14 December 1953) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was a Member of Parliament from 1991 to 2006 and Minister for Defence in the Swedish government from 2006 to 2007. From 1 March 2008 to 28 February 2017 he was the director-general of Svenska kraftnät.[1]
Mikael Odenberg performed his military service in the Coastal Artillery at the KA 4 training regiment in Gothenburg from 1973 to 1974. He finished with good grades and went through Reserve Officer Training in 1976. He also finished a management course at the Swedish National Defence College in 1994. As a Second Lieutenant he was trained at the Söderarm battery in the Roslagen archipelago, outside Stockholm. Odenberg today formally holds the rank of Major.[2]
From 1975 to 1976 Odenburg studied economics at Stockholm University and from 1976 to 1978 he studied at the Stockholm School of Economics.
