In Nordmaling, the municipality has hired a company for work that has cost several million kronor. The company is owned by a person connected to the municipal manager.

It is the husband of Center Party politician and municipal commissioner Madeleine Jakobsson who has been contracted for electrical work totaling 7.3 million kronor in recent years, something which has occurred without any procurement process. Nor has it been documented. This violates the law on public procurement.

Jakobsson has been municipal commissioner for twelve years and also sits on the Center Party’s executive committee. Her husband and another individual own and run Västerbottens Elservice, which in the past five years has sent more than 600 invoices.

“I am never, ever involved in these types of issues and even the suspicion that I, as a politician, could have favored my husband in any way is just awful,” she told Sveriges Radio.

No Contracts

Jakobsson claims she was not involved in the decisions. However, the municipality’s own regulations stipulate that the municipal executive board is ultimately responsible for ensuring framework agreements with companies are in place, and Madeleine Jakobsson is the board’s chair.

“We thought there were contracts in place,” she says.

After these facts emerged, the municipality has been reported to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. The complainant writes that Madeleine Jakobsson is the top official in the municipality and should know where the money is going.

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