Ulla-Britt Hagström has a master's degree in education. She has worked as a teacher at primary schools in Landskrona, Bara and Skövde since 1969.
Ulla-Britt Hagström has been a member of the municipal council in Skövde since 1997. She has been chair of the Education Committee. Since 2010, Hagström has participated in the Liberal Party leadership in Skaraborg as vice chair. From 1997 to 2002, Hagström was a member of the government's Gender Equality Council. She has also been a member of parliamentary committees such as the Disability Inquiry, the Local Democracy Committee, the Labour Market Policy Committee, the Municipal Equalization Inquiry, the Allbo Committee and the Upper Secondary School Committee 2000. She also has experience as a member of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities' Education Committee from 1992 to 1995, as well as the role of municipalities in the healthcare sector from 1993 to 1994, and on the board of the Swedish National Land Survey from 2003 to 2008.
Ulla-Britt Hagström talks about everyday political life in the book The 30-year war for equality – the path from the Christian Democrats to the People's Party.[2]
As a leisure activity, Hagström leads the Motormen's Local Club Skaraborg with a focus on infrastructure, environmental issues, traffic safety and traffic sobriety.
