Kristina Axén Olin

Kristina Axén Olin is the daughter of the sea captain Jan Bertil Axén, born 1933 in Sollefteå parish, in Sollefteå Municipality, in Västernorrland County, and secretary Gunnel Birgitta, born 1936 in Töre, Kalix Municipality, Norrbotten County.[1][2] Axén Olin is a trained music teacher and was previously principal for Maria Elementar, a private school in the Stockholm district of Södermalm. She was previously married to the communications consultant and entrepreneur Mats Olin. Axén Olin announced his resignation as finance councilor and Moderate group leader in the municipal council on April 16, 2008.[3] She currently lives with her husband and three children in the suburban borough of Enskede.

Axén Olin was elected to the Council in 1991. She has mainly been active in social issues and was Commissioner of Social Service under the Moderate Party administration of Carl Cederschiöld 1998–2002. She served as chairman of the Stockholm County Police Authority 1999–2006. She is known for her liberalism and was one of the most senior Moderates to advocate adoption rights for homosexuals. She has also, however, become famous for her hardline stand on reducing welfare payments. She is also an advocate of chemical castration for rapists.[4]

Kristina Axén Olin was Social Citizens' Council in Stockholm from 1998 until 2002, Opposition Citizens' Council from 2002 until 2006 and Finance Citizens' Council from 2006 until 2008. She has been a member of the Municipal Council since 1991 and was the group leader for the Moderate Party in Stockholm City Hall from 2002 until 2008. She was also the second deputy party chairwoman for the Moderate Party from 2003 to 2009, and was also chairwoman of the police board in Stockholm County from 1999 until 2006. Axén Olin has stated that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is a political role model for her.