Anita Mattsson

Mayor, Tyresö Municipality

Anita Mattsson has been the Mayor of Tyresö since 1st of January 2019 and has been actively engaged in the Social Democratic Party most of her adult life. In Tyresö she has been a leading politician since 2011 when she took on the role as deputy chairperson for the executive committee, at that time as political opposition. In the election of 2018, the Social Democrats regained majority power with a coalition after 20 years as opposition. As Mayor and politician Anita Mattsson has a strong engagement to fight injustices and socio-economic inequalities in the municipality, and to make the schools in Tyresö the best in Sweden.

Anita’s professional career started in retail and marketing and she has worked for many years in global technical industry corporations based in Stockholm. She has also worked with the Swedish Trade Union with human resources management and as chief negotiator.