Birgitta Ohlsson serves as the National Democratic Institute's director of political parties.

[3] Birgitta Ohlsson was born on 20 July 1975 in Linköping, Östergötland County, Sweden.

[6] On 2 February 2010 Ohlsson was appointed as new Minister for European Union Affairs in the Swedish government, succeeding Cecilia Malmström.

[7] From 2018 until 2019, Ohlsson served on an Independent Commission on Sexual Misconduct, Accountability and Culture Change at Oxfam, co-chaired by Zainab Bangura and Katherine Sierra.

[8] Birgitta Ohlsson is married to Mark Klamberg, a Ph.D. and professor of international law at Stockholm University.