Marie Heléne Elisabeth Fritzon (born 29 September 1960) is a Swedish politician of the

Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ...

. She has been

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(MEP) and Vice-Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats since July 2019. Fritzon served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2017 to 2019. Before becoming a cabinet minister, Fritzon was Mayor of

Kristianstad Municipality Kristianstad Municipality (''Kristianstads kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad. The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local go ...

Career

Minister for Migration

Fritzon was appointed Minister for Migration on 27 July 2017. At the same time, she was appointed Deputy Minister for Justice.

Member of the European Parliament

Fritzon was elected

in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden. In parliament, she has since been serving as vice-chair of the S&D Group, under the leadership of chairwoman

Iratxe García Iratxe García Pérez (; born 7 October 1974) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She has served as Member of the European Parliament since 2004, and has served as the Leader of the Progressive Alliance of So ...

. She has also been a member of the

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. In 2022, she joined the Special Committee on the

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Fritzon has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the

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. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity and the

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.Members
European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.

Personal life

Fritzon is married to

Henrik Fritzon Henrik Fritzon (born 3 July 1972) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He was the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Skåne Regional Council

, the former chair of the executive committee of the

Skåne Regional Council Region Scania is the regional council of Scania County in Sweden. Scania County was formed on January 1, 1999, by the amalgamation of the county councils of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County and some of the tasks handled by Malmö Municip ...

(2014–2018), and they live in

Degeberga Degeberga is a locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is located approximately 22 km (14 mi) south of the city of Kristianstad. The area is known for the highest waterfall ...

References

, - 1960 births Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians People from Kristianstad Municipality MEPs for Sweden 2019–2024 Living people Swedish Ministers for Migration and Asylum Policy Women government ministers of Sweden 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-politician-stub