Britta Lejon

Britta Lejon (born 2 November 1964)[citation needed] is a Swedish trade unionist and Social Democratic politician.

Lejon is currently the president of the Swedish Union of Civil Servants (ST) and president of the global union federation, Public Services International.

Lejon is the daughter of former Minister of Justice, Anna-Greta Leijon.

She was State Minister for Democratic Issues[1] in the Ministry of Justice 1998-2002, when she was succeeded by Mona Sahlin.

She then served as president of the Swedish Union of Civil Servants from 2012, and also president of the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) from 2015 to 2019.