Katarina Olofsson | |
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Member of the Riksdag | |
Assumed office 2018 | |
Constituency | Stockholm County |
Personal details | |
Born | 1943 |
Political party | Sweden Democrats |
Katarina Olofsson (born 1943) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party. She represents the constituency of Stockholm County. [1] She is also the chairwoman of the SD's branch in Upplands-Bro Municipality. [2] Olofsson is a retired civil engineer and described the so-called December Agreement following the 2014 Swedish government crisis as the factor that prompted her to join the Sweden Democrats and become politically active. [3]
Upplands-Bro Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungsängen.
Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden,just north of Stockholm,the capital. It borders Södermanland,Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small uninhabited island of Märket in the Baltic,Uppland has a very short and unusually shaped land border with Åland,an autonomous province of Finland.
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