Magdalena Hermelin

Magdalena Hermelin
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 September 2026
ConstituencyÖstergötland County
Personal details
BornAnna Magdalena Jansson
(1975-09-05) 5 September 1975 (age 51)
Stockholm County, Sweden
PartyModerate Party
EducationUppsala University

Anna Magdalena Hermelin (née Jansson; born 5 September 1975) is a Swedish entrepreneur, farmer and politician for the Moderate Party. She has been a serving deputy in the Riksdag since 2026, elected for the Östergötland County constituency. She is a vegetable farmer by occupation.

Biography

Magdalena Jansson has a family background on the island of Gotland. Hermelin attended high school in Visby. Hermelin studied communication and media studies at Uppsala University from 1997 to 2000 and graduated with a bachelor's degree.[citation needed]

She worked from 2002 to 2004 as a project manager at AP Fastigheter. In 2006 she began working as a project manager at the Swedish Cancer Foundation, Cancerfonden, where she remained until 2010. Between September 2010 and January 2014 she was responsible for the foundation's corporate partnerships.[citation needed] She was project manager for the Pink Ribbon at Cancerfonden. When her husband Olof Hermelin took over Fallsberg [sv] farm outside Skänninge in 2007, the couple commuted between Stockholm and the farm in Östergötland County.

Around 2013, she left her job in Stockholm and moved to Fallsbergs to build up a vegetable growing business. The business is run through Hermelins gråskonser AB. The first vegetable harvest was taken in 2014.

Hermelin has also been an editorial writer at the newspaper Corren, where she has written about entrepreneurship and Swedish food production.

Political career

Hermelin entered politics to advocate for small entrepreneurs in rural areas.

At the 2026 Swedish general election, Hermelin was placed fourth on the Moderate Party's parliamentary list in Östergötland County. She also ran for Mjölby City Council and was placed 16th on the Moderate Party's list.

In connection with Andreas Norlén being elected Speaker of the Riksdag after the election, Hermelin began serving in the Riksdag on 28 September 2026 as a substitute for the Östergötland County constituency.

Personal life

Hermelin married Olof Hermelin on 20 January 2007 in Visby Cathedral. The couple had been together in 2005, when both lived in Stockholm. Olof Hermelin is the son of Ulf and Gertrud Hermelin, who ran Fallsberg in Skänninge. He belongs to the Hermelin [sv] noble family.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Sveriges befolkning
    (1975-09-05)
  2. ↑ "Magdalena Hermelin (M)". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-10-30.
  3. ↑ "Magdalena Hermelin ny lantbrukare i riksdagen" [Magdalena Hermelin new farmer in the Riksdag]. www.land.se (in Swedish). 29 September 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-30.
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  6. ↑ "Hon är grönsaksbonden som tar sikte på riksdagen". Företagande.se. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Hermelins grönsaker AB". Allabolag. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Gräsmatta och grönsaker för framtiden". Östgötatidningen. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Magdalena Hermelin". Moderaterna. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  10. ↑ Källmark, Vendela (2025-08-18). "Grönsaksodlaren Magdalena Hermelin, 49, kandiderar till riksdagen". www.corren.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-10-30.
  11. ↑ "Andreas Norlén, Tobias Eriksson, Annette Ohlsson och Anna Nilsson blir toppkandidater till valet 2026". Moderaterna i Östergötland. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "Färre och färre kvinnor på listorna till kommunfullmäktige i Mjölby". Newsworthy. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  13. ↑ "Ledamotslista". Sveriges riksdag. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  14. ↑ "Hermelinska Nätverket nr 18" (PDF). Hermelinska släktföreningen. 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  15. ↑ Johansson, Sune (2024-01-25). "Magdalena får årets stora Hagdahlspris: "En oerhörd ära"". www.corren.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-10-30.

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