Axel Darvik | |
|---|---|
| City Commissioner of Gothenburg | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Member of the City Executive Board of Gothenburg | |
| Assumed office 29 January 2024 | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 30 September 2002 –2 October 2006 | |
| Constituency | Gothenburg Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 26,1982 |
| Political party | Liberals (Sweden) |
| Education | Chalmers University of Technology (MSc,Industrial Engineering and Management,2012) |
Carl Axel Mikael Darvik (born 26 June 1982) is a Swedish liberal politician and engineer. He served as a Member of the Riksdag for Gothenburg Municipality between 2002 and 2006 for the Liberal Party,and since 2021 he has been a city commissioner (kommunalråd) in Gothenburg. [1] [2] [3]
Darvik was elected to the Riksdag in the 2002 Swedish general election. He represented the Gothenburg Municipality constituency and served as a deputy member of the Committee on Education and the Committee on Cultural Affairs. [1]
In early 2021 Darvik was appointed city commissioner responsible for primary education and served as chair of the Primary School Committee (grundskolenämnden). [4] After the 2022 change of power in Gothenburg he continued as an opposition city commissioner. As of 2024–2026 he is a member of the City Executive Board,its working committee and the personnel committee,and Gothenburg’s representative in the Eurocities Digital Forum. [2]
As school commissioner in 2021,Darvik fronted the launch of a municipal Teacher Academy to support professional development for teachers in Gothenburg’s compulsory schools. [5] [6]
In 2021 Gothenburg withheld municipal funding to the independent school Römosseskolan amid concerns over governance and leadership suitability. The Swedish Schools Inspectorate later revoked the school’s authorisation;in 2022 the Court of Appeal (Kammarrätten) upheld the revocation. [7] [8]
In 2024 Darvik and the Liberal Party in Gothenburg appealed a municipal decision to boycott goods from certain states;the Administrative Court (Förvaltningsrätten) first suspended and later annulled the decision,holding that such a boycott constituted an impermissible foreign-policy statement at municipal level. [9] [10] [11]
In 2025 Darvik pressed for greater transparency regarding the controversial Karlastaden property deal,requesting access to valuation documents;the municipal housing group Framtiden AB declined his request citing potential harm to the company. [12]
Darvik was elected to the Liberal Party’s national executive committee (partistyrelsen) at the 2019 party congress and subsequently formed part of the party leadership constituted after the congress. [13] [14]
Darvik holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Chalmers University of Technology (2012). [3]
Axhil Darvik (born 26 June 1982) is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician,member of the Riksdag 2002–2006. [15]