Kajsa Ollongren
Dutch-Swedish politician
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- Karin Hildur " Kajsa " Ollongren ( Dutch: [ˈkɑisaː ˈʔɔlɔŋgreːn] ; Swedish: [ˈkâjsa ˈɔ̌lːɔnɡreːn] ; born 28 May 1967) is a Dutch-Swedish politician who served as Dutch Minister of Defence from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024.
- Since June 2025 she is EU Special Representative (EUSR) for human rights of the Council of the European Union.
- Alexander Ollongren, a Dutch East Indies-born astronomer and computer scientist, and his Swedish wife Gunvor Lundgren.
- Because of her Swedish mother, she also has Swedish citizenship.
- She then went to the University of Amsterdam, where she initially studied economics between 1985 and 1986, but switched her field of study in 1986 to history, in which she obtained an M.
Jkvr. Karin Hildur "Kajsa" Ollongren (Dutch: [ˈkɑisaː ˈʔɔlɔŋgreːn] ; Swedish: [ˈkâjsa ˈɔ̌lːɔnɡreːn] ; born 28 May 1967) is a Dutch-Swedish politician who served as Dutch Minister of Defence from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66), she previously served as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and Deputy Prime Minister in the third Rutte cabinet (2017–2022), and briefly as Mayor of Amsterdam (October 2017). Since June 2025 she is EU Special Representative (EUSR) for human rights of the Council of the European Union.
Early life and education
Ollongren was born on 28 May 1967 in Leiden to Jhr. Alexander Ollongren, a Dutch East Indies-born astronomer and computer scientist, and his Swedish wife Gunvor Lundgren. The Dutch Ollongren, originating from the Russian branch of the Finnish-Swedish noble family (originally named Ållongren), was incorporated into the untitled Dutch nobility in 2002, thereby giving her the noble predicate "jonkvrouw". Because of her Swedish mother, she also has Swedish citizenship.
Ollongren grew up in Oegstgeest, where she attended the secondary school Rijnlands Lyceum between 1979 and 1985. She then went to the University of Amsterdam, where she initially studied economics between 1985 and 1986, but switched her field of study in 1986 to history, in which she obtained an M.A. degree in 1991. She subsequently studied public administration at the École nationale d'administration in Paris and foreign relations at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael.
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