Frida Maria Johansson Metso (born 5 September 1984 in
Gothenburg) is a
Swedish politician and was chairperson of the
Liberal Youth of Sweden
The Liberal Youth of Sweden ( sv, Liberala ungdomsförbundet, LUF) is the youth wing of the Swedish Liberals. The Liberal Youth of Sweden has a long tradition of international cooperation and is a full member of the International Federation of ...
( sv, Liberala ungdomsförbundet, LUF) from 2006 to 2009. She lives in
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Located north of the c ...
, where she was studying
psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...
at
Uppsala University
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
The university rose to significance during ...
until she took a
sabbatical from her studies on being elected. She joined LUF at the age of 14 and has previously been chairperson of the
Liberal Refugee Fund and 2nd vice chairperson of the Liberal Youth of Sweden.
["Frida Metso, vår nya förbundsordförande?", ''Luffaren'', November/December 2006.]
She belongs to the
social liberal
Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...
left wing of the Liberal People's Party, also speaking in favor of Sweden as an
alcoholic beverage control state. On foreign policy, however, she favours a somewhat more harsh stance, having openly criticized the
authoritarian regimes of
Myanmar
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, the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
Cuba
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and
Belarus
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, citing
Fidel Castro's 2008 relinquishing of power as the "last nail in
astro'scoffin". She openly spoke in favour of a
boycott of the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, citing the numerous human rights abuses of the Chinese government as a just cause.
In the
election of 2006, she was elected a substitute in
Uppsala County
Uppsala County ( sv, Uppsala län) is a county or ''län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea.
Prov ...
Council.
References
External links
Frida Johansson Metso's blog
1984 births
Living people
Politicians from Gothenburg
Liberals (Sweden) politicians
Swedish bloggers
Swedish women bloggers
Local politicians in Sweden
21st-century Swedish women politicians
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