Sofia Arkelsten
Sofia Arkelsten | |
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Member of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality | |
In office 6 October 2006 – 24 September 2018 | |
Secretary of the Moderate Party | |
In office 1 October 2010 – 20 April 2012 | |
Party leader | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
Preceded by | Per Schlingmann |
Succeeded by | Kent Persson |
Personal details | |
Born | (1976-12-06) 6 December 1976 (age 47) Stockholm, Sweden |
Political party | Moderate Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Hanna Sofia Margareta Arkelsten (born 6 December 1976 in Stockholm) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She served as member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2006 to 2018, representing her home constituency of Stockholm Municipality.
Arkelsten served as Secretary of the Moderate Party from 2010 to 2012 and Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2014.
Career
Early career
Arkelsten previously worked on Svensk Handel and on ICA Sweden as director of communications.
She was previously active in municipal politics in Stockholm, including the Environment and Health Committee, Maria-Gamla Stan District and the City Council. Between 1998-1999 she was the Chairman of student organization Free Conservative Lawyers.
Party Secretary
On 1 October 2010 she replaced Per Schlingmann as party-Secretary of the Moderate Party.[1] On 20 April 2012 she resigned of her own accord.[2]
Personal life
Sofia Arkelsten was born in Stockholm. In April 2011 she married Olof Torvestig and she is an outspoken vegetarian.[3] Her first child, a daughter, was born on 25 November 2012.[4] On 16 October 2014, Arkelsten made public that she was diagnosed with chronic disease multiple sclerosis (MS).[5]
References
- ^ "Sofia Arkelsten" (in Swedish). Moderaterna. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ "Arkelsten avgår med omedelbar verkan" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ^ Dagens Nyheter 9 May 2011, s. A 21. (Married on 16 April 2011.)
- ^ Arkelsten is pregnant
- ^ Swedish top-politician Sofia Arkelsten: I'm diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
External links
- Sofia Arkelsten at the Riksdag website
Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by Per Schlingmann | Secretary of the Moderate Party 2010–2012 | Succeeded by Kent Persson |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee 2012–2014 | Succeeded by Kenneth G. Forslund |
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- Jan R. Andersson
- Magdalena Andersson
- Staffan Anger
- Staffan Appelros
- Sofia Arkelsten
- Lena Asplund
- Anti Avsan
- Gunnar Axén
- Eva Bengtson Skogsberg
- Finn Bengtsson
- Ulf Berg
- Sten Bergheden
- Per Bill
- Gustav Blix
- Helena Bouveng
- Katarina Brännström
- Anne Marie Brodén
- Mikael Cederbratt
- Margareta Cederfelt
- Lars Elinderson
- Annicka Engblom
- Hillevi Engström
- Karin Enström
- Jan Ericson
- Patrik Forslund
- Inge Garstedt
- Mats Gerdau
- Lisbeth Grönfeldt Bergman
- Rolf Gunnarsson
- Walburga Habsburg Douglas
- Björn Hamilton
- Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson
- Krister Hammarbergh
- Anders Hansson
- Lennart Hedquist
- Lars Hjälmered
- Christian Holm
- Isabella Jernbeck
- Bengt-Anders Johansson
- Mats Johansson
- Jeppe Johnsson
- Christine Jönsson
- Ulrika Karlsson
- Reza Khelili Dylami
- Marianne Kierkemann
- Anna Kinberg Batra
- Bertil Kjellberg
- Margareta B. Kjellin
- Anna König Jerlmyr
- Olof Lavesson
- Björn Leivik
- Göran Lennmarker
- Anna Lilliehöök
- Göran Lindblad
- Ulla Löfgren
- Cecilia Magnusson
- Betty Malmberg
- Göran Montan
- Mats G. Nilsson
- Nils Oskar Nilsson
- Rolf K. Nilsson
- Andreas Norlén
- Oskar Öholm
- Kent Olsson
- Anne-Marie Pålsson
- Margareta Pålsson
- Sven Yngve Persson
- Göran Pettersson
- Maria Plass
- Jessica Polfjärd
- Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin
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- Inger René
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- Eliza Roszkowska Öberg
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- Mats Sander
- Fredrik Schulte
- Karl Sigfrid
- Ulf Sjösten
- Lars-Arne Staxäng
- Ola Sundell
- Elisabeth Svantesson
- Henrik von Sydow
- Anna Tenje
- Ewa Thalén Finné
- Göran Thingwall
- Tomas Tobé
- Peder Wachtmeister
- Hans Wallmark
- Marianne Watz
- Marie Weibull Kornias
- Cecilia Widegren
- Rune Wikström
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