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Constituencies

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  • Svenska folkpartiet icon: FI Finland 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
  • Svenska folkpartiet icon: FI Finland 1996/11/11 - 1999/07/19

Groups

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  • icon: ELDR ELDR Member Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1996/11/11 - 1996/11/19
  • icon: ELDR ELDR Member of the Bureau Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1996/11/20 - 1999/07/19
  • icon: ELDR ELDR Member of the Bureau Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19

EP staff

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  • Member of Conference of Delegation Chairs 1999/09/13 - 2002/01/14

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Substitute of Committee on Fisheries 1996/11/14 1997/01/15
Member of Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights 1996/11/14 1997/01/15
Substitute of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection 1996/11/14 1997/01/15
Substitute of Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities 1996/11/14 1997/01/15
Substitute of Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Member of Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Vice-Chair of Committee on Petitions 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Substitute of Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Member of Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Member of Committee on Petitions 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Substitute of Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system 2000/07/06 2001/09/05
Member of Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine 2000/12/13 2001/11/29
Member of Committee on Petitions 2002/01/17 2002/01/22
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Member of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Vice-Chair of Committee on Petitions 2002/01/23 2004/07/19
Member of Temporary committee on improving safety at sea 2003/11/20 2004/04/21

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Substitute of Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Member of Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Vice-Chair of Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee 1999/07/22 1999/09/12
Chair of Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee 1999/09/13 2002/01/14
Substitute of Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee 1999/09/29 2002/01/14
Member of Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee 2002/02/07 2004/04/30
Substitute of Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) 2002/02/07 2004/07/19

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Responsible Committee 2003/0272(COD) ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
Former Responsible Committee 2003/0172(COD) ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Ecodesign requirements for energy-using products
Responsible Committee 2002/2135(COS) PETI Petitions Access to documents. European Ombudsman Special report following complaint 917/2000/GG
Committee Opinion 2002/0310(COD) ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Double hull or equivalent design requirements for oil tankers
Committee Opinion 2001/2212(COS) PETI Petitions Occupational pensions: tax obstacles to the cross-border provision
Responsible Committee 2000/2074(COS) ITRE Industry, Research and Energy Digital television: use of standards for the transmission of signals
Responsible Committee 2000/2063(COS) PETI Petitions European Ombudsman. 1999 Annual report
Former Committee Opinion 2000/0189(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Electronic communications: processing of personal data, protection of privacy
Former Committee Opinion 2000/0080(COD) ITRE Industry, Research and Energy Food supplements: approximation of the laws of the Member States
Committee Opinion 2000/0032(COD) PETI Petitions Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents
Committee Opinion 1999/2030(ACI) JURI Legal Affairs Interinstitutional Agreement on internal investigations by the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF)
Committee Opinion 1999/0153(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Data protection in Community institutions and bodies
Former Committee Opinion 1999/0116(CNS) JURI Legal Affairs Eurodac system for the comparison of the fingerprints of applicants for asylum and certain other aliens for the effective application of the Dublin Convention
Responsible Committee 1998/2039(COS) PETI Petitions European Ombudsman: access to the documents published by the European institutions. Special report
Committee Opinion 1998/0329(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Fight against fraud: investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Office OLAF
Former Responsible Committee 1998/0253(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Credit institutions: taking up and pursuit of the business (amend. direct. 77/780/EEC)
Former Responsible Committee 1998/0252(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Electronic money: granting of a single license and home Member State prudential supervision of these institutions
Responsible Committee 1997/2202(COS) JURI Legal Affairs Electronic means of payment in the single market
Committee Opinion 1997/2183(COS) JURI Legal Affairs Agenda 2000: the enlargement, EP position on Commission'opinions on applications for accession
Responsible Committee 1997/2142(COS) JURI Legal Affairs Monitoring of the application of Community law. 14th annual report 1996
Committee Opinion 1997/2069(COS) JURI Legal Affairs Competition policy. 26th report 1996
Committee Opinion 1997/2049(COS) JURI Legal Affairs Free movement of persons: report by the High-Level Panel chaired by Mrs Simone Veil
Committee Opinion 1996/2278(COS) JURI Legal Affairs Public procurement in the European Union: exploring the way forward. Green paper
Committee Opinion 1996/2207(REG) PETI Petitions EP Rules of procedure, rule 156: right of petition
Former Committee Opinion 1996/0226(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Telecommunications: open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony, and universal service

Activities

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Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams

By types

Plenary speeches (173)
Reports (9)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
11998/0253(COD)Credit institutions: taking up and pursuit of the business (amend. direct. 77/780/EEC)
11998/0252(COD)Electronic money: granting of a single license and home Member State prudential supervision of these institutions
11998/2039(COS)European Ombudsman: access to the documents published by the European institutions. Special report
11997/2202(COS)Electronic means of payment in the single market
11997/2142(COS)Monitoring of the application of Community law. 14th annual report 1996
12003/0172(COD)Ecodesign requirements for energy-using products
12003/0272(COD)Materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
12002/2135(COS)Access to documents. European Ombudsman Special report following complaint 917/2000/GG
12000/2063(COS)European Ombudsman. 1999 Annual report
12000/2074(COS)Digital television: use of standards for the transmission of signals

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Born

1957/11/06 - Helsingfors

  • Law degree. (1983). Deputy district judge (1986). Lawyer, Central Union of Swedish-speaking Agricultural Producers (1983-1989). Policy adviser, Ministry of Justice (1986-1987) and Ministry of Defence (1987-1989). Assistant director of the Association of Swedish-speaking Local Authorities of Finland (1989-1993); lawyer and director, Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (since 1993). Chairman of the Swedish People's Party youth organisation (1981-1983). Vice-Chairman of the Swedish People's Party (1992-2000). Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Helsinki City Council (1989).
  • Vice-Chairman, Europe in Finland. Chairman of the Unicef in Finland.

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

CV
  • Law degree. (1983). Deputy district judge (1986). Lawyer, Central Union of Swedish-speaking Agricultural Producers (1983-1989). Policy adviser, Ministry of Justice (1986-1987) and Ministry of Defence (1987-1989). Assistant director of the Association of Swedish-speaking Local Authorities of Finland (1989-1993); lawyer and director, Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (since 1993). Chairman of the Swedish People's Party youth organisation (1981-1983). Vice-Chairman of the Swedish People's Party (1992-2000). Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Helsinki City Council (1989).
  • Vice-Chairman, Europe in Finland. Chairman of the Unicef in Finland.