Dilşa Demirbağ-Sten is a Kurdish-Swedish

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. She is the Secretary General of Berättarministeriet, a foundation she co-founded together with Robert Weil and Sven Hagströmer in 2011. In 2019, she became a member of the Swedish Press Council and is a member of the reference group for the Swedish

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br>Delegation against segregation
since 2018. She is also a member of the expert council to The Swedish Crown Princess Couple's Foundation. Dilsa Demirbag-Sten is a former member of the Swedish Globalization Council, has been a member of the reference group for the Swedish government agency Kulturrådet. Demirbag-Sten is a former board member of the AllBright foundation the Riksteatern, the

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, Linnéuniversitetet, the Swedish

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, the Swedish Humanist Association as well as from the Think Tank FORES. In April 2019, she was appointed a board member of the Nobel Center Foundation. Demirbag-Sten has a background in journalism and has been a frequent contributor in Swedish newspapers such as ''

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'', ''Fokus'' and '' Axess''. She has worked at

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and as a special adviser to the former Swedish Minister for Integration

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. She holds a

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degree in

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from

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Accolades

* 2019: KTH Great Prize (Royal institute of Technology's great prize) *2018: Awarded the St:Erik medal for her contributions to Stockholm county. * 2017: Demirbag-Sten was awarded the Astrid Lindgren scholarship for her writing. * 2016: Awarded "Eldsjälspriset" by the Oscar Hirsch Memory foundation for her contribution to society through Berättarministeriet. * 2012: Awarded Frihetspennan in the memory of

Torgny Segerstedt Torgny Karl Segerstedt (1 November 1876 – 31 March 1945) was a Swedish professor and scholar of comparative religion, who later became editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning''. He is most remembered for hi ...

for her writing. *2012: Alumni of the year, Karlstad University *2012: Bild och Ord Akademin Ann-Marie Lunds Encyklopedipris *2011: Stockholm County award "Månadens Stockholmare" September *2010: Natur och Kulturs Johan Hansson-pris för boken Fosterland *2010: Magen David Adom utmärkelsen som "Årets Livräddare" *2009: Advokatsamfundets journalistpris * 2002: Axel and Margret Ax:son Johnson Foundation’s award of SEK 100 000

Works

*''Stamtavlor'' 2005 Norstedts *''Fosterland'' 2010 Bonniers *''Svenska - en nödvändighet'' 1995 Stift. Non-Violence SwedenLibris

As co-writer

*Från Alfons till Dostojevskij. Co-writer. Rädda Barnen *Makten framför allt. Co-writer. W&W *Violence in The Name of Honour. Co-writer. Istanbul Bilgi University Press *Tystade röster. Co-writer. Tranan. *''Handbook against Violence'', Department of Justice (editorial contribution) *''Till frihetens försvar: En kritik av den normativa mångkulturalismen'' Norstedts (tillsammans med Per Bauhn)

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