1. Mikael Ingemarsson Odenberg was born on 14 December 1953 and is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party.
13 Facts About Mikael Odenberg
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Mikael Odenberg was a Member of Parliament from 1991 to 2006 and Minister for Defence in the Swedish government from 2006 to 2007.
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Mikael Odenberg performed his military service in the Coastal Artillery at the KA 4 training regiment in Gothenburg from 1973 to 1974.
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Mikael Odenberg finished with good grades and went through Reserve Officer Training in 1976.
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Mikael Odenberg finished a management course at the Swedish National Defence College in 1994.
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From 1972 to 1973, Odenberg was a local government ombudsman for the Moderate Youth League and the Moderate Party in Nacka Municipality outside Stockholm.
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In 1987 and 1991 Mikael Odenberg served as a substitute Member of Parliament.
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Mikael Odenberg was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1991.
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On 6 October 2006 Mikael Odenberg was appointed as Minister for Defence.
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Mikael Odenberg resigned from this post on 5 September 2007 in protest against planned government defence cuts.
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At a press conference Mikael Odenberg said "I want to be able to face myself in the mirror and look our military in the eye".
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Mikael Odenberg is married to Catherine, and has four children.
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Mikael Odenberg's sister is Christina Odenberg, a former Bishop of Lund.