Jessica Margareta Stegrud (born 27 September 1970) is a Swedish politician and

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(MEP) from 2019 to 2022. She is a member of the

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and was part of

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in the European Parliament. During the

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, she was elected to the Swedish Parliament (

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) and resigned her seat in the European Parliament. She was replaced by Johan Nissinen.

Career

Stegrud studied economics at the

Karlstad University Karlstad University ( Swedish ''Karlstads universitet'') is a state university in Karlstad, Sweden. It was originally established as the Karlstad campus of the University of Gothenburg in 1967, and this campus became an independent university c ...

from 1989 to 1991 and at the

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from 1991 to 1993. In 1994, she completed a course in the French language at the Université d'Angers. She was employed as a management consultant at

Sydkraft Sydkraft AB is a power company headquartered in Malmö, Sweden. It is a subsidiary of the international energy group Uniper for operations in Sweden. The company is engaged in the generation of thermal, nuclear, and hydro power. The history of Sy ...

and then EON Sverige AB from 2001 until her election to the

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in 2019. She had not been a member of the

before her candidacy in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden. In the European Parliament, Stegrud sat with the

group. She was a member of the energy committee, the committee for gender equality and delegations for relationships with China. On Thursday, June 12th, 2025, Stegrud was confronted by a

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immigrant terrorist protester outside the Riksdag in Stockholm.https://www.facebook.com/reel/1213008833623704

References

Living people Politicians from Stockholm 1970 births MEPs for Sweden 2019–2024 Sweden Democrats MEPs 21st-century Swedish women politicians Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Members of the Riksdag from the Sweden Democrats Women members of the Riksdag {{Sweden-politician-stub