| Heléne Fritzon | |
| Office: | Vice-Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Term Start: | 2 July 2019 |
| 1Blankname: | Chair |
| 1Namedata: | Iratxe García Pérez |
| 1Blankname1: | Serving alongside |
| 1Namedata1: | Éric Andrieu Biljana Borzan Miriam Dalli Roberto Gualtieri Bernd Lange Claude Moraes Kati Piri Rovana Plumb |
| Office2: | Member of the European Parliament |
| Term Start2: | 2 July 2019 |
| Constituency2: | Sweden |
| Office3: | Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy |
| Term Start3: | 27 July 2017 |
| Term End3: | 21 January 2019 |
| Monarch3: | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Primeminister3: | Stefan Löfven |
| Predecessor3: | Morgan Johansson |
| Successor3: | Morgan Johansson |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Kristianstad, Sweden |
| Party: | Social Democrats |
| Spouse: | Henrik Fritzon |
Marie Heléne Elisabeth Fritzon (born 29 September 1960) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. She has been Member of the European Parliament (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.[1] Before becoming a cabinet minister, Fritzon was Mayor of Kristianstad Municipality.
Fritzon was appointed Minister for Migration on 27 July 2017. At the same time, she was appointed Deputy Minister for Justice.[2]
Fritzon was elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden.[3] In parliament, she has since been serving as vice-chair of the S&D Group, under the leadership of chairwoman Iratxe García.[4] She has also been a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. In 2022, she joined the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] [6]
In addition to her committee assignments, Fritzon has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.[7] She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity[8] and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[9]
Fritzon is married to Henrik Fritzon, the former chair of the executive committee of the Skåne Regional Council (2014–2018), and they live in Degeberga, Kristianstad Municipality.
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