Eva-Britt Svensson

Eva-Britt Svensson
Eva-Britt Svensson describing her work to visiting students of Kvarnby folkhögskola.
Member of the European Parliament for Sweden
In office 2004–2011
Succeeded by	Mikael Gustafsson
Personal details
Born	5 December 1946 (1946-12-05) Värnamo, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Political party	Left Party

Eva-Britt Svensson (born 5 December 1946 in Värnamo, Småland) is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Left Party.

Svensson has been vice-chair of the EUL–NGL group, and chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. She was also a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a substitute for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with Israel, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

Svensson is known for opposing Europe-wide restrictions on freedom of speech and to prevent perceived gender stereotyping.

She left the Parliament in September 2011.

Career

• Political secretary of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) (1995-2004)
• Member of County Council for the Left Party (1995-2004)
• Member of the Left Party's Executive (since 2000)
• Member of executive committee
• Tenants' association Sweden (since 2000)
• Chair of the People's Movement No to the EU, Sweden (1992-2001)
• Vice-Chair of the People's Movement No to the EU, Sweden (since 2001)

External links

• Evabrittsvensson.se, personal blog
• European Parliament biography
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Swedish)