Stig Henriksson Explained

Stig Henriksson
Office1:Member of the Riksdag
Constituency1:Västmanland County
Term Start1:29 September 2014
Term End1:31 October 2017
Successor1:Vasiliki Tsouplaki
Constituency2:Västmanland County
Term Start2:30 September 2002
Term End2:30 September 2002
Successor2:Karin Thorborg
Birth Name:Stig-Göran Henriksson
Party:Left Party

Stig-Göran Henriksson (born 1955) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Left Party, he represented Västmanland County in September 2002 and between September 2014 and October 2017.[1]

Henriksson is the son of merchant Evert Henriksson and Elsa Henriksson (née Wennström).[1] He was educated in Satter, Yrttivaara, Hakkas, Gällivare and Malmberget.[1] He studied philosophy at Uppsala University and physiotherapy in Uppsala.[1] He worked at Fagersta hospital between 1980 and 1982 and between 1983 and 2010.[1] He worked for Mitt Hjärta AB between 2010 and 2016.[1] He was a member of the municipal council in Fagersta Municipality from 1982 to 2019.[1] [2] He left the Riksdag in 2017 after he was refused leave to care for his stepchildren while his wife was working abroad.[3] He retired from politics in 2019 and moved to Stockholm to be closer to his children and grandchildren.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ledamöter & partier: Stig Henriksson (V) . . 5 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000521/https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/Stig-Henriksson_d5cf884c-3df7-441e-94b1-a97051b519be/ . 11 August 2022 . Stockholm, Sweden . sv.
  2. News: Stig Henriksson (V): "Jag har gjort en resa som ingen annan vänsterpartist gjort" . 5 December 2022 . . 5 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200812160808/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vastmanland/efter-37-ar-i-politiken-lamnar-stig-heriksson-v-bade-fagersta-och-kommunpolitiken . 12 August 2020 . Stockholm, Sweden . sv.
  3. News: Stig Henriksson lämnar riksdagen redan i höst . 5 December 2022 . . 25 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180203184952/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vastmanland/stig-henriksson-lamnar-riksdagen-redan-i-host . 3 February 2018 . Stockholm, Sweden . sv.