President
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
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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.