Louise Erixon (born 7 April 1989) is a Swedish media commentator and politician 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 ...

party who served as the Mayor of

Sölvesborg Sölvesborg (old da, Sølvesborg) is a locality and the seat of Sölvesborg Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 10,024 inhabitants in 2013. Sölvesborg is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to ...

from 2019 to 2022.

Biography

Erixon is the daughter of Örjan Erixon and former

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 ...

member of parliament Inger Lindberg (also known as Margareta Gunsdotter). She has described herself as coming from a

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family and that her parents would read her the Bible as a child. She first joined the Sweden Democrats in 2006 and became the local leader for the

Sweden Democratic Youth Sweden Democrat Youth ( sv, Sverigedemokratisk Ungdom ; SDU) was the youth league of the Swedish political party Sweden Democrats until 12 September 2015. Background The youth league was founded in 1993 as an independent youth league to its ...

(SDU) in Gävleborg in 2007. In 2010, she was elected as a municipal councilor in

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

.Fokus 31 augusti 2018: ''Trippelagenten''
läst 24 oktober 2018 She also worked as an assistant to Sweden Democrats politician

Björn Söder Björn Olof Söder (born 3 January 1976) is a Swedish Sweden Democrats politician who served as Second Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag from September 2014 to September 2018. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (SD) for Stockholm County since Octobe ...

. Erixon is a member of the election committee for

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, the women's branch of the party. In November 2012, she directed criticism at the SDU for not sufficiently supporting the mother party and argued the youth wing should be reformed or disbanded after its leadership defended Erik Almqvist following the so-called iron pipe scandal in which Almqvist was recorded using sexist language. During the

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, Erixon was elected leader of the municipal board in

Sölvesborg municipality Sölvesborg Municipality (''Sölvesborgs kommun'') is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town Sölvesborg is the seat ...

along with

Moderate Party The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liber ...

representative Paul Andersson. In 2019, she was elected as mayor of Sölvesborg becoming one of the first SD politicians to be elected as a mayor. In 2022, she resigned from the position of Mayor after the coalition agreement between the SD and the Moderates broke down and the Moderates formed a fresh coalition with the Social Democrats. Erixon has publicly commented on art and culture in Swedish media. As Mayor, she declared public art to be purchased for the municipality should be timeless and classic rather than contemporary art. Following this, ''Fokus'' magazine named Erixon as the most powerful cultural politician in the country. From 2011 to 2020, Erixon was in a relationship with SD leader

Jimmie Akesson Jimmie is a variation of the given name James. Jimmie may refer to: * Jimmie Adams (1888–1933), American silent film comedian * Jimmie Åkesson (born 1979), Swedish politician * Jimmie Allen (born 1986), American country music singer * Jimmie An ...

by whom she has a son. In 2023, Swedish media reported that she was in a relationship with musician

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