Born in 1952

Married with two children

Career

Trained as a nursing auxiliary

1972 - Active in the trade union movement

1981- 1987 Trade union officer at the Stockholm branch of the Municipal Workers’Union

1987-1994 Head of the Environment Policy Department of the Municipal Workers’ Union

1994 Elected Vice President of LO

2000 Elected President of LO

Areas of responsibility

 International trade union work

 Economic policy

 Youth issues, gender equality, integration

 Labour market policy

Membership

  ITUC, member of the Executive Committee and deputy member of the Steering Committee

  NFS, Council of Nordic Trade Unions, member of the Executive Committee Anna Lind Memorial Fund

  Member President of the insurance company Folksam- non-life insurances

  Board member of AFA Insurance (organisation owned by the social partners)

  Board member of AMF Pensions

Wanja lives in Stockholm, is married and has two grown-up children. During her free time, she likes to spend time with her family and friends in her summer house in the Stockholm archipelago.

Elected President of the ETUC at its Congress in Seville in May 2007.