Christel LILJEGREN

Christel Liljegren is the Managing Director of the Energy Agency of Southern Sweden (Energikontor Syd), one of the largest regional energy agencies in Sweden, representing 25 municipalities and three regional councils. 

Christel has spent her career working across diverse sustainability fields—from strategic waste management to energy behaviour initiatives—and has been active at Energikontor Syd since 2011, becoming CEO in 2017. 

She serves on the board of Energikontoren Sverige, the national association of Swedish regional energy agencies, and contributes to regional energy and climate councils in Southeast Sweden. Christel also brings experience in leading and shaping regional, national, and EU-funded projects with a recent focus on sustainable public procurement, wellbeing tourism, and sustainable mobility. 

As FEDARENE’s Vice-President for Mobility and Transport, Christel promotes the role of sustainable mobility as a driver of both economic competitiveness and climate-neutral development across European regions. Her work highlights behavioural change, multimodal mobility solutions, and the need for coherent planning that integrates transport decarbonisation with local energy systems. 

During her mandate, Christel will help strengthen the knowledge base of energy agencies on sustainable transport, support the exchange of good practices, and explore opportunities for cooperation with European stakeholders. She also aims to ensure that regional perspectives feed into emerging EU initiatives—such as future investment plans for sustainable transport—while fostering spaces for members to connect, learn, and shape the mobility transition together.