Minister of Foreign Trade Ewa Bjorling of Sweden

Conservative lawmaker Ewa Bjorling was appointed Sweden's new trade minister on Wednesday.

Ewa Bjorling has been named trade minister, to succeed Sten Tolgfors who took over the defence portfolio last week, following Mikael Odenberg stepping down, Reinfeldt told a press conference.

The prime minister revealed that Bjorling has been fined for speeding and dumping dirt outside the site of her new house, hoping to avoid a repeat of autumn last year, when two newly appointed ministers were forced to stand down following press revelations.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Conservative lawmaker Ewa Bjorling was appointed Swedens new trade minister on Wednesday.

Reinfeldt noted that Bjorling had a big interest in cars, and owns a purple 1994 Porsche.

As minister, Bjorling said she planned to \'push for free trade,\' adding that she believed free trade was a factor that could contribute to the realization of the Millenium Development Goals.

Before entering politics, Bjorling was a researcher HIV/AIDS at the respected Karolinska Institute.

Bjorling takes over from Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who served as acting trade minister after Defence Minister Mikael Odenberg stepped down last week to be replaced by then trade minister Sten Tolgfors.

contribute to the realization of the Millenium Development Goals.

That is a prerequisite to avoid that Russia's entry into the WTO is delayed and complicated," Bjorling said in a statement.

Bjorling was also here in early March and among those she met included Al-Assaf.

12 (UPI) -- Ewa Bjorling was presented last week by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as the new minister of trade for Sweden, a report said.

Reinfeldt also detailed how Bjorling was once fined for illegally dumping mounds of dirt during the construction of her house.