Stine Bosse

Stine Bosse
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the European Parliament for Denmark
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2024
Personal details
Born	Christine Bosse (1960-12-21) 21 December 1960 (age 64) Virum, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark
Political party	Moderates (2022–present)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen
Occupation	Businesswoman • politician
Awards	Order of the Dannebrog Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Christine "Stine" Bosse (born 21 December 1960) is a Danish businesswoman and Member of the European Parliament. Bosse led the Moderates's list for the 2024 European election. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

Bosse gained a Masters of Law degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1987.

She was born in Virum. ^[3]

Career

Upon graduation, Bosse began working for TrygVesta, a Nordic insurance agency, rising up the ranks until she became an executive manager in 1999. In 2003 she was appointed CEO, ^[4] and in 2009 the Financial Times identified her as "the 22nd most influential businesswoman in the world". ^[5]

The United Nations appointed Bosse as an Advocate for the Millennium Development Goals in 2010, ^[5] and she left TrygVesta in 2011, becoming a professional board member and subject-matter expert. In 2015 she was appointed President of the European Movement in Denmark, taking over from Anne E. Jensen, ^[6] and separately became the new Chair of the Board of BankNordik. ^[7] She is also President of the Royal Danish Theatre, a Member of the Board of Allianz, a non-executive director of Aker, ^[8] and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Copenhagen in the Department of Operations Management. ^[5]

She was elected to the European Parliament for the Moderates in the 2024 European Parliament election. ^{[9] [10]}

Other activities

• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member ^[11]

References

1. "Stine Bosse stiller op for Moderaterne. Det er slut med at være mandagstræner". Politiken (in Danish). 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
2. "Home | Stine BOSSE | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 1960-12-21. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
3. "Altinget - Alt om politik: altinget.dk". www.altinget.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
4. "MDG Advocacy Group". United Nations. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
5. "Stine Bosse". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
6. "Ny formandspost til Stine Bosse". Dagbladet Børsen. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
7. Kjelland, Nicoline (3 March 2015). "Stine Bosse i spil som ny formand for Bank Nordik". Dagbladet Børsen. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
8. Kjelland, Nicoline (3 March 2015). "Stine Bosse: Formandspost i lille bank kræver meget". Dagbladet Børsen. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
9. "Stine Bosse (M) - Europa-parlamentsvalg 2024 | DR". www.dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-14.
10. "Partier har i årevis bejlet til Stine Bosse – nu er spørgsmålet, om vælgerne vil have hende - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
11. Members European Council on Foreign Relations.