Emma Klingvall, a 42-year-old native of Norrköping, has been proposed as the new chairperson of Vårdförbundet, Sweden's healthcare workers' union with nearly 120,000 members, according to local reports. The nomination was announced on March 22, 2026, with the election scheduled for May. Klingvall, who describes herself as "schooled in the union grind in a hospital corridor," reportedly became interested in union work during the 2008 healthcare strike when she was newly graduated and had just been elected as a union representative.
"I can't imagine a job where I can't be involved and influence," Klingvall stated in the report. Her nomination marks a potential leadership change for one of Sweden's largest healthcare unions, with the final decision resting with the union's membership in the upcoming election.
I can't imagine a job where I can't be involved and influence