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]