Göran Hjelm appointed new Head of Agency by the government

28 August 2020

The government has appointed Göran Hjelm to succeed Joakim Sonnegård as Head of Agency at the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council. Hjelm holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Lund University, and has previously been head of research and head of public finance, pricing and labour market analysis at the National Institute of Economic Research. Hjelm was also investigative secretary in the Committee of the Riksbank (Riksbankskommittén, SOU 2019:46).