''Margareta'' Birgitta Larsson, née ''Sandstedt'' (born 18 July 1964) is a

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politician and MP who since 2010 has place 271 in the

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. Larsson joined the

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in 2004 and was elected as an MP for the party at the 2010 general elections and again in the 2014 general elections. On 30 September 2015, Larsson announced that she had left the party but insisted she would continue her work in the riksdag as an independent. Larsson was between 2006 and 2010 the chairman of Gävle city council. Her daughter

Louise Erixon Louise Erixon (born 7 April 1989) is a Swedish media commentator and politician of the Sweden Democrats party who served as the Mayor of Sölvesborg from 2019 to 2022. Biography Erixon is the daughter of Örjan Erixon and former Riksdag member of ...

was the partner of the Sweden Democrat party leader

Jimmie Åkesson Per Jimmie Åkesson (; born 17 May 1979) is a Swedish politician and author, serving as leader of the Sweden Democrats since 2005. He has been a member of the Riksdag (SD) for Jönköping County since 2010. He previously served as leader of ...

.I huvudet på SDs partiledare
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Living people Independent politicians in Sweden 1964 births {{Sweden-politician-stub