We are a strong team with competence and experience from a broad political spectrum, complemented by expertise from business, media and academia.
Sebastian Navab is one of the founders of The Labyrinth. He previously ran his own companies – Progress PR and Nav PR. Navab has a background in the Social Democratic Party, where he worked for former Prime Minister Göran Persson as media coordinator in the Prime Minister’s Office. Sebastian also spent five years working as a Press Officer and as a political advisor at the European Parliament, focusing on tourism, and transport issues.
Joakim Kellner is a lawyer with a background in the Social Democratic Party. He was previously a political advisor and press secretary for the former Minister for Social Security Ingela Thalén, Minister for Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Ann-Christin Nykvist and Minister for Finance Pär Nuder. Joakim has worked in Public Affairs at the Industry and Employers’ organization, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation, the Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union. He has also had the position as partner in several leading Public Affairs agencies in the Nordic region.
During the years 1999-2000, Joakim was the secretary of the political Implementation Group for the reformed pension system.
Alf Karlsson is in charge of community building issues at The Labyrinth. He has extensive experience in management in the public sector through his previous work as State Secretary to the Minister for Housing and Digitization, Peter Eriksson. He has also worked as political advisor at the Prime Minister's Office and been Chancellor at Mälardalen University. He became a chamber court assessor in the year 2000 focusing on tax law. He recently submitted the report; Innovation as a driving force - from research to utility (SOU 2020:59) to the government and has in addition participated in several government investigations.
Carl Danielsson has an extensive experience in working with external communications and public affairs. In the past, Carl has been the head of corporate communications at the communications agency Narva and worked as a Press officer for the Swedish tobacco company Swedish Match. He also has a political background within the Swedish conservative party, and has worked in parliament as well as in campaigns. His experience in working with media relations and opinion formation has enabled him to have a good ability in handling communication towards different stakeholders within the public and private sector as well as politics.
Staffan Hagberg Kuylenstierna is an experienced communicator with a background from the Green Party. He was previously head of the social team at the Green Party's parliamentary office and political advisor to the Green Party’s members of parliament in the Committee Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Defence, the Committee on European Union Affairs, the Committee on Industry and Trade, the Committee on Culture Affairs as well as advisor in the area of IT and integrity.
With a background from the Moderate Party in Västernorrland, as a Political Secretary and County Council (chairman of the County Council Board 2010-2014), Per is skilled in issues such as procurement, digitalization, and regional development. During the mandate period 2018-2022, Per has been a Regional Councilor with responsibility for regional development issues, culture, infrastructure issues mainly focusing on the responsibility for public transportation. In addition to this, Per is a very experienced crisis manager and has good knowledge of media management in crisis.
Johan Ingerö has spent the last quarter century in and around Swedish politics. He has been general secretary, policy director and head of media relations of the Christian Democratic Party. He has worked in the Swedish Parliament and in the Government Office and is very familiar with the decision-making process. In addition, he has been project manager for social policy at the Timbro think tank, editorial writer at Svenska Dagbladet, columnist at Göteborgs-Posten and political analyst at Aftonbladet. Johan was also the first SlösO – the ombudsman against government waste, a project that he founded in 2010. He also has a background in PR, both as an employee and as a business owner.
Johan Eriksson has several years of experience from roles in communication and policy for the Moderate Party, both in opposition and majority. Most recently, he worked at the City Hall for the Mayor of Stockholm and previous to that for the Chairman of Region Uppsala, whereby he is used to working with various issues. Johan has a degree from Lund University and has been vice chairman for Free Moderate Student Organization.
Paul Lindquist is an economist with broad experience from politics and business. In 2014-2018, he was real estate and investment county councilor in Stockholm County Council (Region Stockholm) and chairman of Locum AB. In 2003-2014 he was chairman of the municipal board in Lidingö. Before that, he worked with global product management and as head of department at Ericsson for 10 years. He has also been a member of the EU's Committee of the Regions 2007-2018 and since 2020 is chairman of the board of Aprendere schools AB (publ). Paul most recently worked at the property company Hoivatilat AB.
Per Westerberg has extensive experience from being a politician, a board member as well as participation on commissions of inquiry. Per was the Speaker of the Riksdag between 2006–2014, prior to having been a Member of Parliament since 1979. During the year 1991 and 1994 Per was the Minister for Trade and Enterprise. Today, Per is a diligently hired board member and chairman of the Swedish Shareholders´ Association.
Tone Tingsgård is a Social Democratic politician with a background as a university teacher in Russian. Between 1994 and 2010, Tone was a Member of the Swedish Parliament. She was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Constitution, and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Defense. In addition, Tone oversaw the Swedish OSCE delegation. Tone has extensive experience of issues concerning Swedish capabilities and emergency preparedness. In March 2017 Tone presented the inquiry “the Swedish operation in Afghanistan”.
We’re always on the lookout for new employees! Spontaneous applications are always accepted, and we get in touch if something comes up. See the job descriptions below:
All positions offer full-time employment. Unregulated working hours. We operate with a six-month period of probationary employment. We naturally have collective agreements.
Do you have solid political experience and a high level of expertise in the area of strategic advice? We are currently looking for a senior consultant who can also project-manage client accounts. At the Labyrinth we always work in teams, and if you are comfortable with directing work and have experience of strategic work at a senior political level, this is the job for you.
We value the qualities that an even age and gender distribution, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, bring to the company.
Do you have political experience and a good level of expertise in the area of strategic advice? Do you enjoy delivering high-quality results for clients in a stimulating work environment? We are currently looking for a consultant to manage client accounts with status analysis, strategic design or writing reports.
We value the qualities that an even age and gender distribution, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, bring to the company.
Do you have a passionate interest in politics and are coming to the end of your education? As an intern, you assist our consultants in report writing, client accounts, research and fact-finding. Apply now for an internship for next term!
We value the qualities that an even age and gender distribution, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, bring to the company.
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