Stina Svensson (born 1970) is a

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politician, and since March 2011

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of the Feminist Initiative party, serving together with

Gudrun Schyman Gerd ''Gudrun'' Maria Schyman (born 9 June 1948) is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her fem ...

and Sissela Nordling Blanco.

Biography

Born in

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

, she has had a number of occupations, working, among other things, as a student assistant, assisting lighting technician, metal

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r, and tour technician for

Gothenburg City Theatre Gothenburg City Theatre ( sv, Göteborgs stadsteater) opened in 1934 at Götaplatsen square in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theatre was designed by Swedish architect Carl Bergsten who gave the exterior a Neo-Classical look with a touch of Streamli ...

. Svensson lives in Gothenburg, and has a

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, specializing on

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. Chosen as spokesperson of the feminist political party Feminist Initiative in March 2011, she is a candidate for the Riksdag in the September 2014 general election. She has also been active in

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Q issues.

References

Living people 1970 births Feminist Initiative (Sweden) politicians Leaders of political parties in Sweden People from Linköping {{Sweden-politician-stub