Julia Kronlid
Swedish politician (born 1980)
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Key Takeaways
- Julia Maria Kronlid (born 16 July 1980) is a Swedish politician and the second deputy of the Sweden Democrats.
- Biography Early life and career Kronlid is the daughter of toolmaker and seamstress.
- She completed a degree in nursing followed by a degree in social care and pedagogical treatment at Örebro University.
- Political career Kronlid joined the Sweden Democrats in 2006 after previously supporting the Christian Democrats.
- From 12 October 2010, Kronlid took maternity leave and was replaced temporarily by Stellan Bojerud.
Julia Maria Kronlid (born 16 July 1980) is a Swedish politician and the second deputy of the Sweden Democrats. A member of the Riksdagen since the 2010 general election, she represents the Stockholm County electorate.
Biography
Early life and career
Kronlid is the daughter of toolmaker and seamstress. She grew up in Myresjö where her family were free church members.
She completed a degree in nursing followed by a degree in social care and pedagogical treatment at Örebro University. After graduating she worked for the general psychiatry department at Örebro County Council and as a volunteer nurse for the Pingstmission – a Pentecostal Evangelical development work at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea.
Political career
Kronlid joined the Sweden Democrats in 2006 after previously supporting the Christian Democrats. In the 2010 Swedish general election, she was elected to the Riksdag as a member of the party.
From 12 October 2010, Kronlid took maternity leave and was replaced temporarily by Stellan Bojerud. She returned to the Riksdagen on 18 April 2011. Since 2013, she has been a chairman of the Sweden Democrats party board.
Kronlid currently sits on the Riksdagen Committee on Foreign Affairs specializing in foreign politics and humanitarian assistance politics for other countries. She said during the Sweden Democrats annual party congress in 2009 that she thought her party should help refugees in the area of the crisis.
In 2015, she proposed a motion in the Riksdag to lower the abortion limit in Sweden from 18 weeks to 12 weeks.
After the 2022 Swedish general election, she was named Second Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag.
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