Tess Asplund (born 1974) is a Swedish activist who gained attention following her protest against

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in Borlänge, Sweden. David Lagerlof was the photographer of the viral image of Asplund, which shows her facing uniformed members of the Swedish

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with her fist in the air. She is originally from Colombia and describes herself as Afro-Swedish. About the incident, Asplund is quoted as having said “If this picture of me can get more people to dare to show resistance, then it’s all good...the people must unite and show that it is not okay that racism is becoming normalised and that fascists are running around on our streets.” Asplund is a member of Afrophobia Focus. Asplund was also quoted in '' Aftonbladet'' as a co-victim of a brutal assault with flagpoles carried out by three men of Polish origin following a populist right-wing demonstration in central Stockholm that the Polish men appeared to be part of. In 2016 Asplund was included on the BBC's 100 Women list, alongside

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, Ellinah Wamukoya and

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. The theme for this year's list was defiance.

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in Swedish evening paper '' Expressen'', with the above mentioned photograph of Asplund

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Asplund, Tess Swedish anti-fascists Swedish women activists Swedish people of Colombian descent BBC 100 Women Colombian emigrants to Sweden 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish women 1974 births Living people People notable for being the subject of a specific photograph Photographs of protests

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