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Kurds In Sweden
Kurds in Sweden may refer to people born in or residing in the Sweden of Kurdish origin. Most Kurdish people in Sweden live in the capital Stockholm or in Uppsala. A majority of Kurdish political refugees choose Sweden as their host country and therefore they have a cultural presence in Sweden. Chronological Kurdish arrivals to Sweden *1975: Huddinge becomes the first municipality offering Kurdish as a primary language. *1984: The education of Kurdish teachers in Stockholm begins. *1986-1990: The Turkish regime's mistreatment of the Kurdish population fuels immigration to Sweden. *1991-1995: The crises in Kuwait due to Iraqi invasion, the war in south Kurdistan, and mass exodus from north Kurdistan into Iran. Political representation In Sweden there are several MP of Kurdish descent such Amineh Kakabaveh, Gulan Avci, Lawen Redar, Sara Gille or Kadir Kasirga. Kakabaveh was delivered the majority vote for that the Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson would become Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huddinge
Huddinge Municipality ( sv, Huddinge kommun) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge (), which is a part of Stockholm urban area. The municipality is, with its approximately 110,000 inhabitants, the second most populated in Stockholm County. Geography The municipality covers the entire central part of the Södertörn peninsula. More than half of the land area consists of agriculture, forests, hills, or lakes, and it contains 13 nature reserves. Huddinge borders the following municipalities: Stockholm Municipality, Ekerö Municipality (by water), Botkyrka Municipality, Haninge Municipality and Tyresö Municipality (by water). Localities *Stockholm urban area (part of) 86,802 inh. *Vidja 633 inh. *Rural areas 2,465 inh. Subdivisions Huddinge municipality is sub-divided into six districts: * Flemingsberg (pop. 14,924) * Segeltorp (pop. 11,870) * Sjödalen-Fullersta (pop. 22,304) * Skogås (pop. 13,783) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enlargement Of NATO
NATO is a military alliance of twenty-eight European and two North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. The process of joining the alliance is governed by Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which allows for the invitation of "other European States" only and by subsequent agreements. Countries wishing to join must meet certain requirements and complete a multi-step process involving political dialog and military integration. The accession process is overseen by the North Atlantic Council, NATO's governing body. NATO was formed in 1949 with twelve founding members and has added new members eight times. The first additions were Greece and Turkey in 1952. In May 1955, West Germany joined NATO, which was one of the conditions agreed to as part of the end of the country's occupation by France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, prompting the Soviet Union to form their own collective security alliance (commonly called the Warsaw Pact) la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Sweden
The prime minister ( sv, statsminister ; literally translating to "Minister of State") is the head of government of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subject to the Parliament of Sweden. The prime minister is nominated by the Speaker of the Riksdag and elected by the chamber by simple majority, using negative parliamentarianism. The Riksdag Elections in Sweden, holds elections every four years, in the even year between leap years. Unlike most prime ministers in parliamentary systems, the prime minister is both ''de jure'' and ''de facto'' chief executive. This is because the Basic Laws of Sweden#Instrument of Government, Instrument of Government explicitly vests executive power in the Government of Sweden, government, of which the prime minister is the leader. History Before 1876, when the office of a single prime minister was created, Sweden did not have a ''head of government'' separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Andersson
Eva Magdalena Andersson (born 23 January 1967) is a Swedish politician and economist who has served as Leader of the Opposition since October 2022 and Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County (Riksdag constituency), Stockholm County since 2014. She previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from November 2021 to October 2022, Minister for Finance (Sweden), Minister for Finance from 2014 to 2021 and International Monetary Fund, Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee from 2020 to 2022. Andersson joined the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in 1983. In 1992, she earned a masters degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. She served as an adviser and director of planning in Göran Persson's administration and as an adviser to Mona Sahlin. After the 2014 Swedish general election, Andersson was elected to the Riksdag and became Minister for Finance (Sweden), M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadir Kasirga
Kadir Kasirga (born 1975) is a Swedish politician of Kurdish descent. He served as Member of the Riksdag representing the constituency of Stockholm Municipality from 24 September 2018 to 8 March 2020. Sultan Kayhan took his place in the Riksdag after Kasirga resigned. He became a member of the Riksdag again in 2022. He volunteered as an OECD observer to the Turkish elections in May 2023, but he was denied entry to Turkey on grounds he had visited the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svgborder , caption = Flag , active = 10 October 2015 – present , ideology = DemocracyDecentralizationSecularism ... (SDF) in the past. References Living people 1975 births Place of birth missing (living people) Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Kurds in Sweden 21st-century Swedish politicians Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Gille
Medine Sara Borita Gille formerly ''Seppälä'' (born 8 September 1981) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Riksdag for Sweden Democrats party. Biography Gille was born in Sweden, her mother is Swedish while her father is Kurdish, but she was mostly raised in foster care. She graduated with a degree in medicine and worked as a nurse in a hospital and an assisted living facility. She has been active in politics since 2014. She has described honour violence and forced marriages as issues which inspired her to take an interest in becoming a politician, having relatives who were subjected to both and has called for both practices to be outlawed in Sweden. During the 2018 Swedish general election, she was elected to the Riksdag for the seat of Malmö Municipality. In parliament, she has served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Education. She was reelected during the 2022 Swedish general election but for the Dalarna county constituency. She took parental lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawen Redar
Lawen Redar (born 1989) is a Swedish-Iranian politician currently sitting in the Riksdag with the Social Democrats. She holds a law degree from Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so .... References 1989 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats 21st-century Swedish women politicians Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Swedish people of Iranian descent {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulan Avci
Gulan Avci (born 20 August 1977) is a Swedish politician of Kurdish descent, representing the Liberal Party. She was elected deputy Member of Parliament in 2006 and served March – September 2009 and February – April 2010. In March 2010, she broke with her party line and voted in favor of the Recognition of the Armenian Genocide in Swedish Parliament. European Voice, 3 March 2010. Avci was chairperson of the Kurdish Youth of Sweden between 1998–2000. She is married to fellow liberal politician Fredrik Malm
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Amineh Kakabaveh
Amineh Kakabaveh (, fa, اَمینه کاکاباوه; born 6 December 1970) is a Swedish independent politician of Iranian Kurdish descent. Having been a member of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan since her youth, she took refuge in Sweden at the age of nineteen and has become a member of the Riksdag, Sweden's parliament. Early life She was born in Saqqez, Iran, and had seven siblings. As a child, she worked to sustain her family. At the age of thirteen, she joined the Kurdish guerilla Komala, where she was trained as a fighter. This early experience of assuming responsibility and the hardships of life in the mountains made her more mature. Later, she fled over Turkey and Greece to Sweden. Having found refuge in Sweden at the age of nineteen, she initially worked as a housemaid by day and attended the evening schools. Later, Kakabaveh graduated with a Master of Science from the Stockholm University in philosophy and social sciences. Political career Inspired by the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Kurdistan
Turkish Kurdistan or Northern Kurdistan () refers to the southeastern part of Turkey, where Kurds form the predominant ethnic group. The Kurdish Institute of Paris estimates that there are 20 million Kurds living in Turkey, the majority of them in the southeast. Southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan) is considered to be one of the four parts of Kurdistan, which also includes parts of northern Syria (Western Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan) and northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan). The term Turkish Kurdistan is often used in the context of Kurdish nationalism, which makes it a controversial term among proponents of Turkish nationalism. The term has different meaning depending on context. Geography The Encyclopaedia of Islam delineates the geography of Turkish Kurdistan as following: Nonetheless, it is emphasized that "the imprecise limits of the frontiers of Kurdistan hardly allow an exact appreciation of the area." The region forms the south-eastern edge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan ( ku, باشووری کوردستان, Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of "Kurdistan" in Western Asia, which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), northern Syria (Western Kurdistan), and northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan). Much of the geographical and cultural region of Iraqi Kurdistan is part of the Kurdistan Region (KRI), an autonomous region recognized by the Constitution of Iraq. As with the rest of Kurdistan, and unlike most of the rest of Iraq, the region is inland and mountainous. Etymology The exact origins of the name ''Kurd'' are unclear. The suffix ''-stan'' is an Iranian term for region. The literal translation for Kurdistan is "Region of Kurds". The name was also formerly spelled ''Curdistan''. One of the ancient names of Kurdistan is '' Corduene''.A.D. Lee, ''The Role of Hostages in Roman Diplomacy with Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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