Angelika Bengtsson

Angelika Bengtsson
Angelika Bengtsson's official portrait
Picture: Sveriges riksdag
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
26 September 2022
In office
29 September 2014 – 24 September 2018
ConstituencyStockholm Municipality
In office
24 September 2018 – 26 September 2022
Succeeded byAnn-Christine From Utterstedt
ConstituencyBlekinge
Personal details
Born (1990-02-20) 20 February 1990 (age 34)
Malmö, Scania, Sweden
Political partySweden Democrats

Angelika Beatrice Bengtsson (born 20 March 1990) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Riksdag sitting in seat number 63 for the constituency of Blekinge County for the Sweden Democrats.

Bengtsson grew up in Malmö and was classically trained as a dancer and ballerina with the Royal Swedish Ballet.[1] She has worked as a tour guide in the Alps and in October 2014, said she was studying to become an occupational therapist.[2] Bengtsson was elected to the Riksdag in 2014 for the Sweden Democrats.[3][4] In parliament she sits with the Committee on Culture and in 2020 was elected Deputy Chairwoman of the Nordic Council's Committee on Knowledge and Culture.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Angelika Bengtsson". Altinget. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Politikerna i riksdagen: Angelika Bengtsson, Sverigedemokraterna | SVT Nyheter". archive.is. 30 November 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ "SD: Hög tid för nytt public service". Altinget. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  4. ^ Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Angelika Bengtsson (SD) - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Utskottet för kunskap och kultur i Norden | Nordiskt samarbete". www.norden.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Angelika Bengtsson | Nordic cooperation". www.norden.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.