Heléne Björklund
Heléne Björklund | |
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| Member of the Swedish Parliament for Blekinge County | |
| Assumed office September 24, 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eva Heléne Persson September 29, 1972 Sölvesborg parish, Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Markus Alexandersson |
| Profession | Politician, teacher |
Eva Heléne Björklund (née Persson; born September 29, 1972)[1] is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since the 2018 general election. She takes up seat number 93 for Blekinge County's constituency.[2] She is currently a member of the Committee on Defence.[3]
Biography
Björklund was born and raised in Sölvesborg Municipality. She is the daughter of Gunnar Persson (born 1947) and Monica Gadd (born 1953). She currently lives in Sölvesborg with her husband Markus Alexandersson and her four children.[1][4] She is a teacher by profession.[5][6]
Career
Björklund started off as a municipal politician for municipal council of Sölvesborg Municipality. From the years 2006 until 2018 she was the municipal board chairperson when her successor Louise Erixon was elected in 2018.[7] She is the president of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in Blekinge County where she is also a board member.[5]
She took over as the chairperson for Sölvesborg Municipality in 2006 from Jens Åberg who had been serving as the chairperson since 1988. She became the first woman to serve as chairperson for Sölvesborg Municipality.
On June 2, 2021, she undertook godparenthood for Sofia Sapega, Russian-Belarusian political prisoner.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b "Heléne Björklund on ratsit.se". ratsit.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
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- ^ "Heléne Björklund (S)". riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Riksdag. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ Eriksson, Mikael. "Letandet efter Björklunds efterträdare är igång". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "Valkompass – Heléne Björklund". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ "Heléne Björklund – socialdemokraternablekinge". socialdemokraternablekinge.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ "Heléne Björklund (S) slutar som kommunalråd". kristianstadsbladet.se (in Swedish). kristianstadsbladet. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; September 29, 2018 suggested (help) - ^ "Members of Parliament from Sweden, Germany and Austria take over godparenthood for Sofia Sapega, Safiya Malashevich and Vital Prokharau". Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights. June 2, 2021. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
- ^ Nilsson, Anders (June 6, 2021). "Björklund engagerar sig för politisk fånge i Belarus" (in Swedish). Sydöstran. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
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