Mia Mulder (; born 23 April 1993) is a Swedish

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, activist and a former politician. Mulder's YouTube channel focuses on general historical, social and political topics and on

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. By April 2022, Mulder's

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channel had passed 100,000 subscribers, earning the silver play button. From September 2022 to February 2025, she served on the

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in Sollentuna, representing the Left Party.

Early life

Mulder was raised in

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, Sweden. She studied history at

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, specialising in

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, late 19th century German political history, and

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dating back to 1750 and wrote a thesis on the history of

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of transgender people in Sweden between 1972 and 2012. She has also studied acting. Mulder worked as a

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and LGBTQ educator before focusing on activism.

Activism

In the summer of 2016 Mulder founded and chaired (Trans Defence), an activist group for the promotion of

in Sweden with a focus on healthcare. The group published thirteen demands for better medical and legal treatment of transgender and

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people in Sweden, as well as for other LGBT people and for refugees. In November 2016, a group of more than 60 activists staged an occupation of the offices of Sweden's

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demanding the end to their classification of transgender people as mentally ill. The activists attempted to hold discussions with the Board's staff and remained in the offices for seven hours until end of the working day when they were escorted out by the police. Writing in Stockholms Fria Tidning Mulder said that the protest had attracted support from several other organisations but expressed frustration with the lack of change and reaffirmed her belief in the necessity of civil disobedience. In January 2017 the group held a protest outside Sweden's Ministry of Health and Social Affairs but were prevented from entering by the police. Mulder is a member of the Left Party. In September 2022, she was elected to the

in Sollentuna. In February 2025, she announced she had ended her involvement in politics.

YouTube

Mulder makes video essays on a range of social and political issues from a historical perspective; many, but not all, relate to

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issues. When interviewed by

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, she described a great need for accessible coverage of humanities topics. Mulder has become the most popular Swedish left wing YouTuber and is often classified with the "

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" or "LeftTube" label. She is ambivalent about this classification, expressing kinship with some of the other "BreadTube" channel creators while lampooning the idea of "BreadTube" itself. Mulder's videos are all in English and are more popular in the US, UK and Germany than in Sweden, where video essays are not widely popular. Interviewed following

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's retirement from YouTube content creation, Mulder spoke about her attempts to avoid internet "drama", saying that she had to filter out

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comments made on her videos.

Other activities

Mulder co-hosts the medical history podcast ''Leechfest''. She also livestreams video games on

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and on her second YouTube channel.

Personal life

Mulder resides in

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. She is a

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulder, Mia Living people 1993 births 21st-century Swedish LGBTQ people 21st-century Swedish women politicians Bisexual women politicians Left Party (Sweden) politicians LGBTQ media personalities LGBTQ YouTubers People from Borås Municipality People from Sollentuna Municipality Swedish bisexual women Swedish LGBTQ politicians Swedish city councillors Swedish transgender women Swedish Twitch (service) streamers Swedish women activists Swedish YouTubers Transgender women politicians Uppsala University alumni Video essayists YouTubers who make LGBTQ-related content Swedish transgender politicians Transgender bisexual women