Rebecka Leila Fallenkvist (

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Neagu; born 2 May 1996) is a Swedish media personality and politician for the

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Early life and education

Fallenkvist grew up in Kristianstad. Her parents were refugees from Romania who immigrated to Sweden in the 1980s. She has a bachelor's degree in international business administration from Linnaeus University.

Career

In 2018, she became active in

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, the youth wing of the

, and has since held several positions of trust within the party, including as national ombudswoman and economic policy spokesperson. Since 2020, she has been recurring presenter of a news program on the YouTube channel of the Sweden Democrats' channel

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. Since the regional elections in Sweden in 2022, she has been elected as a Sweden Democrat member in the

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Controversies

After the 2022 election night, Fallenkvist received media attention when, in a video published on Swedish blog Samnytt (the successor of

Avpixlat ''Avpixlat'' (lit. 'de-pixelated') was a Swedish online news site and blog with close ties to the Sweden Democrats and its parliamentarian Kent Ekeroth. The site describes itself as "an independent Sweden-friendly website for news and opinions". In ...

), she extended her left arm and said "''Helg seger''" ("Weekend victory"), something that was seen as a possible allusion to '' Sieg heil'' (the Nazi salute "''Hail victory''", translated as "''Hell seger''" in Swedish). On October 15 of the same year, Fallenkvist was removed from her position at Riks by the party leadership, as the day before she had, in a post on Instagram, described her impression of Anne Frank's diary as follows: "50 pages in, and so far Anne Frank has only struck me as depraved. Horniness personified." The statement was criticized by, among others, the Jewish Central Council, the Jewish Youth Federation and Israel's ambassador to Sweden. In a statement to ''

Expressen ''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue". ...

'', Fallenkvist explained that through her comment she "wanted to highlight the good and human nature of Anne - not to minimize the evil she was subjected to".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fallenkvist, Rebecka 1996 births Living people 21st-century Swedish women politicians Sweden Democrats politicians Swedish people of Romanian descent People from Kristianstad Municipality Linnaeus University alumni 21st-century Swedish politicians