Julia Kronlid
Julia Kronlid | |
|---|---|
Second Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2022 | |
| Speaker | Andreas Norlén |
| Preceded by | Lotta Johnsson Fornarve |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2010 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County (2014– ) Scania County (2010–2014) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 July 1980 |
| Political party | Sweden Democrats |
Julia Maria Kronlid (born 16 July 1980) is a
Career
She worked as a volunteer nurse for the Pingstmission - a Pentecostal Evangelical development work at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea.[1][2]
Political career
Kronlid joined the Sweden Democrats in 2006.[3] In the 2010 Swedish general election, she was elected to the Riksdag as a member of the party.
From 12 October 2010, Kronlid took maternity leave and was replaced temporarily by Stellan Bojerud.[4] She returned to the Riksdagen on 18 April 2011.[5] Since 2013, she has been a chairman of the Sweden Democrats party board.[6]
Kronlid currently sits on the Riksdagens
In 2015, she proposed a motion in the Riksdag to lower the abortion limit in Sweden from 18 weeks to 12 weeks.[7]
After the 2022 Swedish general election, she was named Second Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag.[8]
Views
In an article in Svenska Dagbladet in December 2015, Kronlid criticized that 30% of Swedish foreign aid was used to finance immigration into Sweden.[9] She stated that after she had been visiting refugee camps in both Jordan and Lebanon, she thought it was obvious that more aid was needed to the immediate area of the crisis and not for immigration costs for Sweden.[9]
Kronlid believes that human evolution should not be the only theory taught to children in schools.[10] She has further stated that she rejects the scientific consensus that that humans and apes evolved from a common ancestor.[10][11][12]
Personal life
She resides in Glanshammar and is married to local politician David Kronlid; the couple has two children together: a daughter and a son.[13]
References
- ^ "Kandidat – Julia Kronlid" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014.
- ^ "SD – från skinnväst till kostym". Expressen (in Swedish). 19 October 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T.; Gyllander, Oscar (26 September 2022). "Vem är: Julia Kronlid – från kyrkopolitiker till talman". SVT Nyheter.
- ^ Sveriges Riksdag. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- Sveriges Riksdag. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "Partistyrelse" (in Swedish). Sverigedemokraternas partistyrelse. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Kierkegaard, Susanna (26 September 2022). "Kronlid vägrar gå med på att hon är släkt med apor". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Brusman, Filip (25 September 2022). "Nomineringen av Kronlid (SD) kritiseras – pekas ut som abortkritiker". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ a b "'Fel att ta 30 procent av biståndet'". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 16 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ a b "SD-topp: 'Man måste få ifrågasätta evolutionen'" (in Swedish). Nyheter24. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "SD-toppen vs vetenskapen – en match i tre ronder" (in Swedish). KIT. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Anna Bieniaszewski Sandberg. "Sturmark uppmärksammar kristen SD-profil". Dagen (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Politikerna i riksdagen: Julia Kronlid, Sverigedemokraterna" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
External links
Media related to Julia Kronlid at Wikimedia Commons
