State Secretary Ingrid Eiken

Ms Ingrid Eiken is State Secretary to Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth.

Areas of responsibility

• Culture
• Media
• Sport
• Religious communities
• Burial and cremation services

Personal

Born in Stockholm on 4 May 1962.

Education

1985
B.A. in Economics, Stockholm University

Positions and assignments

2006-
State Secretary, Ministry of Culture

2001-2006
Deputy Director-General, Head of the Government Offices Audit Unit, Prime Minister's Office

1999-2001
Head of Financial and Budget Issues, Secretariat for Sweden's EU Presidency, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

1994-1999
Desk Officer (Contact Person), Budget Division, Ministry of Finance

1992-1994
Economist, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC

1987-1992
Desk Officer (Compiler of Central Government Expenditures and Contact Person), Budget Division, Ministry of Finance

1985-1987
Senior Administrative Officer, economic analysis and productivity studies, Swedish Agency for Public Management

1985
Economic monitoring, forecasting and analysis, National Institute of Economic Research

1984
Analysis and forecasting, National Labour Market Board

1983-1984
Study adviser and seminar leader in economic policy and macroeconomics, Department of Economics, Stockholm University

Other

Expert adviser to a number of central government committees and inquiries, including:

• Internal Auditing Committee, Cross-party Television Committee
• National Debt Office Inquiry: a new National Debt Office under the Government
• Organisation committee for a new development cooperation agency
• Organisation committee for the new National Agency for Education
• New population registration system, Customs Data Inquiry