Mikael Odenberg

Mikael Ingemarsson Odenberg (born 14 December 1953 in Stockholm) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was a Member of Parliament from 1991 to 2006 and Minister for Defence in the Swedish government from 2006 to 2007. Since 1 March 2008 he is chairman of Svenska Kraftnät.

Education and military service

Mikael Odenberg performed his military service in the Coastal Artillery at the KA 4 training regiment in Gothenburg from 1973 to 1974. He finished with good grades and went through Reserve Officer Training in 1976. He also finished a management course at the Swedish National Defence College in 1994. As a Second Lieutenant he was trained at the Söderarm battery in the Roslagen archipelago, outside Stockholm. Odenberg today formally holds the rank of Major.

From 1975 to 1976 Odenburg studied economics at Stockholm University and from 1976 to 1978 he studied at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Political career