Jennie Linda Marie Åfeldt (born 30 August 1974) is a Swedish politician who has served in the

Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...

since 2014 as a member of the

Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( sv , Sverigedemokraterna ; SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden. As of 2022, it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing governing bloc to which it provides confidence and supply, a ...

. In parliament, Åfeldt has sat on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy and the Social Affairs Committee. Along with fellow SD politician

Christina Östberg Christina Elisabeth Östberg (born 10 May 1968) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( sv , Sverigedemokraterna ; SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sw ...

, she has campaigned for drug reform and tough policies against substance addiction. In 2015, Åfeldt was a victim of identity theft and compromised parliamentary security when a perpetrator broke into her hotel room in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

and stole all of her identification documents.

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Living people 1974 births Members of the Riksdag from the Sweden Democrats Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Women members of the Riksdag 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-politician-stub