Young Female Leader of the Year award 2023
Maja Karlsson - Young Female Leader of the Year
The winner of the Young Female Leader of the Year award in Jönköping County was announced at Science Park Towers on 6 March. Among 172 nominees, the jury selected 20 finalists, and finally Maja Karlsson, municipal police officer at the Police Authority in Jönköping, was announced as the winner of the award.
There was excitement in the air as the Young Female Leader of the Year ceremony kicked off for the ninth year. Out of 172 nominated women under the age of 35, 20 women made it to the final, and during the ceremony on 6 March at Science Park Towers in Jönköping, three winners were announced at the festive ceremony. The three categories were Young Female Leader of the Year, as well as Young Female Business Owner of the Year (a new category for this year) and Emerging Board Talent of the Year.
Jonna Gustafsson - Young Female Business Owner of the Year
The winner of the title Young Female Leader of the Year was Maja Karlsson, municipal police officer at the Swedish Police Authority. The Young Female Business Owner of the Year award went to Jonna Gustafsson, owner of Essnce, and the Emerging Board Talent of the Year award went to Karolina Malmlöv, COO of Paprtect AB.
The importance of gender equality and good role models
Karolina Malmlöv - Emerging Board Talent of the Year
The Young Female Leader of the Year competition aims to highlight good role models who can inspire other women to become future leaders and to increase the proportion of women among the county's leaders, entrepreneurs and on company boards in Jönköping County.
“At Jönköping University, we work actively for gender equality, and we got involved in this award at an early stage. The Young Female Leader of the Year is an important event and even though none of our alumni won this time, it is great that so many from Jönköping University have been nominated and gone far in the process," says Agneta Marell, President of Jönköping University.
Jönköping University is involved in and supports the project Young Leading Woman of the Year, which is run by Science Park, the Chamber of Commerce and Region Jönköping County.
