Karin Wallensteen

State Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office, Sweden

Warsaw Security Forum

Karin Wallensteen studied in the University of Michigan in 1993-1994 and in 1996 she graduated from Uppsala University with a degree in Political Science. In 1996-1997, she studied journalism at the University of Gothenburg. She then served as a political advisor to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries from 1998 to 2002. In 2003-2004, she took part in the Diplomatic Training Programme in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She then joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, first being given a diplomatic post in the Embassy of Sweden in Brazil in 2004-2006, and then serving as Deputy Director to the Political Director in the MFA. In 2013, she took a post as Counsellor in the Embassy of Sweden in Addis Ababa. In 2016, she joined the Prime Minister’s Office as Deputy Director-General, in which she is Head of International Affairs. 

In 2019 she was appointed as the State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Stefan Löfven Office.

Karin Wallensteen

State Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office, Sweden

Warsaw Security Forum

Karin Wallensteen studied in the University of Michigan in 1993-1994 and in 1996 she graduated from Uppsala University with a degree in Political Science. In 1996-1997, she studied journalism at the University of Gothenburg. She then served as a political advisor to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries from 1998 to 2002. In 2003-2004, she took part in the Diplomatic Training Programme in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She then joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, first being given a diplomatic post in the Embassy of Sweden in Brazil in 2004-2006, and then serving as Deputy Director to the Political Director in the MFA. In 2013, she took a post as Counsellor in the Embassy of Sweden in Addis Ababa. In 2016, she joined the Prime Minister’s Office as Deputy Director-General, in which she is Head of International Affairs. 

In 2019 she was appointed as the State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Stefan Löfven Office.