Heléne Björklund

Heléne Björklund S
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 September 2018
Constituency	Blekinge County
Personal details
Born	Eva Heléne Persson (1972-09-29) 29 September 1972 (age 52) Sölvesborg parish, Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Markus Alexandersson
Profession	Politician, teacher

Eva Heléne Björklund (née Persson; born 29 September 1972)^[1] is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since the 2018 general election. She takes up seat number 184 for Blekinge County's constituency but originally was seated on seat number 93.^[2] She is currently a member of the Committee on Defence.^[3]

Biography

Björklund was born and raised in Sölvesborg Municipality. She is the daughter of Gunnar Persson (born 1947) and Monica Gadd (born 1953). She currently lives in Sölvesborg with her husband Markus Alexandersson and her four children.^[1][4] She is a teacher by profession.^[5][6]

Career

Björklund started off as a municipal politician for municipal council of Sölvesborg Municipality. From the years 2006 until 2018 she was the municipal board chairperson when her successor Louise Erixon was elected in 2018.^[7] She is the president of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in Blekinge County where she is also a board member.^[5]

She took over as the chairperson for Sölvesborg Municipality in 2006 from Jens Åberg who had been serving as the chairperson since 1988. She became the first woman to serve as chairperson for Sölvesborg Municipality.

On 2 June 2021 she became a godparent of Sofia Sapega, a Russian-Belarusian political prisoner.^[8][9]

References

1. "Heléne Björklund on ratsit.se". ratsit.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
2. Sveriges befolkning 1990
3. "Heléne Björklund (S)". riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Riksdag. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
4. Eriksson, Mikael (28 September 2017). "Letandet efter Björklunds efterträdare är igång". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
5. "Valkompass – Heléne Björklund". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
6. "Heléne Björklund – socialdemokraternablekinge". socialdemokraternablekinge.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
7. "Heléne Björklund (S) slutar som kommunalråd". kristianstadsbladet.se (in Swedish). kristianstadsbladet. 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
8. "Members of Parliament from Sweden, Germany and Austria take over godparenthood for Sofia Sapega, Safiya Malashevich and Vital Prokharau". Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights. 2021-06-02. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
9. Nilsson, Anders (2021-06-06). "Björklund engagerar sig för politisk fånge i Belarus" (in Swedish). Sydöstran. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-08-03.