Margareta Larsson Explained

Margareta Birgitta Larsson, née Sandstedt (born 18 July 1964) is a Swedish politician and MP who since 2010 has place 271 in the Riksdagen.[1] [2] Larsson joined the Sweden Democrats in 2004 and was elected as an MP for the party at the 2010 general elections and again in the 2014 general elections. On 30 September 2015, Larsson announced that she had left the party but insisted she would continue her work in the riksdag as an independent.[3]

Larsson was between 2006 and 2010 the chairman of Gävle city council.[4] Her daughter Louise Erixon was the partner of the Sweden Democrat party leader Jimmie Åkesson.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Margareta Larsson (SD). Riksdagsförvaltningen. 30 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927231107/http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/Hitta-ledamot/Ledamoter/Larsson-Margareta-0697941234716/. 27 September 2015. live.
  2. Web site: Föredragningslista 2011/12:138. Riksdagsförvaltningen. 30 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927214031/http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Dokument-Lagar/Kammaren/Foredragningslistor/Foredragningslista-201112138_GZ0I138/. 27 September 2015. live.
  3. Web site: Jimmie Åkessons svärmor Margareta Larsson lämnar SD - Nyheter - Expressen. Expressen. 30 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150930163512/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/jimmie-akessons-svarmor-lamnar-partiet/. 30 September 2015. live.
  4. Web site: Allmänna val 17 september 2006. 30 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20061116052807/http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/K/kommun/21/80/valda.html. 16 November 2006. dead.
  5. http://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/i-huvudet-pa-sds-partiledare- I huvudet på SDs partiledare