Cecilia Schelin Seidegård

Cecilia Schelin Seidegård (born 18 May 1954, in Stockholm as Irene Cecilia Schelin), is a Swedish biochemist who served as Governor of Gotland County from 2010 to 2018 (including a two year extension beyond December 2016).[1]

Cecilia Schelin Seidegård
Schelin Seidegård opens Årets kultur during the Almedalen Week in 2014
In office 2010–2018
36th Governor of Gotland
Appointed by	Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt
Prime Minister	Fredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded by	Marianne Samuelsson
Succeeded by	Anders Flanking
Personal details
Born	Irene Cecilia Schelin (1954-05-18) May 18, 1954 Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse(s)	Janeric Seidegård
Profession	Biochemist

Seidegård grew up in Visby. In her youth she was active in the Free Students, a political party of a students' union. For 1981–82, she was vice-chairman of the Swedish National Union of Students.

She obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry, and then worked in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in the Astra Group, where she was director of research at AstraZeneca.[2] In 2003–2004, she was CEO of Huddinge University Hospital AB, and in 2004–2007 she was Director of the merged Karolinska University Hospital.[3][4] Since 2004 she has been Chairman of the Board of the Royal Institute of Technology. Since 2008, she has also been chairman of the Systembolaget. She was elected in 2007 as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.