Katarina Stensson Explained

Katarina Stensson
Office:	Leader of the Pirate Party
Term Start:	13 October 2019
Predecessor:	Magnus Andersson
Birth Name:	Esther Katarina Stensson
Birth Date:	21 August 1988
Birth Place:	Örebro, Sweden
Party:	Pirate Party
Residence:	Stockholm
Alma Mater:	KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Occupation:	Politician, teacher
Website:	katarinastensson.com

Esther Katarina Stensson (born 21 August 1988 in Örebro^[1]) is a Swedish politician and leader of the Swedish Pirate Party with a term from 2019–2021^{[2] [3]} Stensson took a masters exam in engineering physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2014 and a degree in licentiate in physics in 2018. Stensson is the Vice-President of the company "Checheza AB", a company focused on online classes. In 2020 she took the teacher's exam to work as a teacher in physics and mathematics.

Biography

Between 2012 and 2014,^[4] Stensson was the project leader for organization Womengineer.^[5] In the year 2014 Stensson founded IGEday,^[6] a national event aimed at encourage girls to become engineers. Stensson had a seat in the board of directors for the free math-tutering service Mattecentrum from 2014–2017.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Katarina Stensson (31 år) Stockholm Ratsit. www.ratsit.se. 2020-01-22. sv-se.
2. Web site: Katarina Stensson utsedd till Piratpartiets nya partiledare. Mynewsdesk. 2020-01-22. sv.
3. Web site: The about section of the Pirat Party. Under "Partistyrelsen" and "Partiledare" it is stated that she is the leader elected from 2019 till 2021 . piratpartiet.se . 19 August 2020.
4. Web site: PRESSMEDDELANDE: Dajana Vlajic tar över som projektledare för Womengineer. womengineer. Womengineer. 2014-08-20. 2020-01-22. sv-SE.
5. Web site: Katarina Stensson. womengineer. Womengineer. 2016-11-24. 2020-01-22. sv-SE.
6. Web site: Om IGEday – IGEday 3 April 2020. 2020-01-22. sv-SE.
7. Web site: Nya styrelsemedlemmar. Mattecentrum, gratis läxhjälp i matematik för alla. 2020-01-22. sv.