Olivia Wigzell

Olivia Wigzell
Director-general of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
Incumbent
Assumed office
2015
Director-general of the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services
In office
2014–2015
Municipal commissioner and Vice Mayor of Stockholm Municipality
In office
1998–2000
Stockholm County Councilor
In office
1994–1998
Personal details
Born (1964-01-11) 11 January 1964 (age 60)
Political partySocial Democrats
SpouseNiclas Jacobson

Selma Olivia Jacobson Wigzell (born 11 January 1964)[1] is a Swedish official and former politician. Since 2015 she has been director-general of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.[2]

She served as County Council Councilor of Stockholm County between 1994 and 1998,[3] and Municipal Commissioner and Vice mayor of Stockholm Municipality between 1998 and 2000.[4] During both tenures she represented the Swedish Social Democratic Party, but today she is not affiliated with any political party.[5]

After leaving politics Olivia has worked at the Swedish Association of Health Professionals and as secretary in Ansvarskommittén. In April 2007 Olivia was employed by the National Board of Health and Welfare, which she left in 2008 for the job as head of the Division for Public Health and Health Care, at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.[5]

In 2014 she took the office as director-general of the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services. She maintained the office until the following year when she was appointed director-general of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. In 2018 she was named the 4th most influential person in Swedish health policy.[6] Between 2015 and 2018 she served as Sweden's representative in the executive board of the World Health Organization.[7] She is chairman of the OECD Health Committee[8] and the board of Örebro University.[9]

  1. ^ "Selma Olivia Jacobson Wigzell (58 år) Hägersten | Ratsit".
  2. ^ "Socialstyrelsens ledning". www.socialstyrelsen.se (in Swedish). Socialstyrelsen (the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare). Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  3. ^ De första 25 åren: ledamöter och förvaltningschefer 1971-95 Stockholm: Stockholms läns landsting. 1998. Libris 2542032. ISBN (Inb.) (Swedish)
  4. ^ "ELSHMIN10 - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development". www.oecd.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-23.
  5. ^ a b Nilsson, Johan (2008-03-19). "Hon ska genomdriva alliansens vårdpolitik". www.dagensmedicin.se (in Swedish). Dagens Medicin. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. ^ Berglund, Linda (2018-06-27). "Skiften i toppen på Maktlistan 2018". www.dagensmedicin.se (in Swedish). Dagens Medicin. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  7. ^ "Executive Board members". www.who.int. The World Health Organization. Archived from the original on November 27, 2003. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  8. ^ Andersson, Joakim (2016-11-09). "Olivia Wigzell ny ordförande i OECD:s hälsokommitté". www.lakartidningen.se (in Swedish). Läkartidningen. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  9. ^ "Ny styrelse för Örebro universitet". www.oru.se (in Swedish). Örebro University. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2019-01-12.