Gun Brynhild Svensson (; born 10 July 1937) is a

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politician and blogger. She was born in Stensele and is a

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member and blogs under the name ''Farmor Gun i Norrtälje''. In 2009, she won "Stora bloggpriset" in the category Politics and Society. And in the 2010 Swedish General elections she was a candidate for the

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for the Pirate Party. Svensson was a member of the

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until 1986 when she decided to leave the party. In 2006, she decided to start a blog, mostly about news and politics, and it also coincided with her new interest in human rights and the internet.

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Living people 1937 births Swedish women bloggers Pirate Party (Sweden) politicians Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-politician-stub