Karin Svensson Smith (born 11 August 1956 in

Kävlinge Kävlinge () is a locality and the seat of Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 32,341 inhabitants in 2021. In 1996, a train containing large amounts of ammonia derailed and around 9,000 people had to be evacuated from the area. This ...

, Skåne County) is a Swedish

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of the

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, and formerly of the Left Party. She was a

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of the

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from 1998 to 2018. From 1998 to 2005, she represented the Left Party, after which she left the party but not her seat in the Riksdag, and joined the Green Party. From 2005 to 2006 she was therefore formally an unaffiliated member of the Riksdag. In the 2006 election she was elected to the Riksdag for her new party for the election circuit Malmö. In the election in 2010 she was a candidate for the same circuit. In 2006 she wrote OU 2006:72 Öppna möjligheter med alkolås.

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website *http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/108/a/66420 1956 births 21st-century Swedish women politicians Living people Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002 Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 Members of the Riksdag 2006–2010 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag from the Green Party Members of the Riksdag from the Left Party (Sweden) People from Kävlinge Municipality Women members of the Riksdag {{Sweden-politician-stub