Rikke Karlsson

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Rikke Karlsson
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
ConstituencyDenmark
Personal details
Born (1965-04-29) 29 April 1965 (age 58)
Svenstrup, Aalborg, Denmark
Political party Danish
Independent
 EU
ERC

Rikke Karlsson (born 29 April 1965) is a Danish politician and former

North Denmark Region council 2009–2014[2][3] and has been a substitute to the Folketing[4]

Karlsson has social pedagogy and has worked as a social worker, teacher, leader of a school for children with special problems and in healthcare sector, including psychiatry.[2]

Elected a member of the municipal council in Rebild in 2009, she was a critic of the municipal authorises in the Rebild-affair where a man had sexually abused nine children, also after concern had been raised to the municipality.[2] Karlsson's involvement in the affair was in the beginning controversial.[3] The affair led to the resignation of four leaders in the municipality.[5]

A candidate to the Folketing in the

preference votes.[4]

Karlsson lives in Støvring and has three children.[6] She is the niece of fellow Danish People's Party politician Søren Espersen.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rikke Karlsson leaves the Danish People's Party (in Danish) (19 Oct 2015) Danmarks Radio.
  2. ^
    TV2
    . Retrieved 6 June 2014
  3. ^ a b Ritzau (27 May 2014) PORTRÆT: DF'eren der satte Rebild-lavinen i gang (in Danish) Jyllandsposten. Retrieved 6 June 2014
  4. ^ a b c Kender du dem? Disse tre DF'ere er på vej til Bruxelles (in Danish) Danmarks Radio.
  5. Jyllandsposten
    .
  6. ^ Rikke Karlsson Dansk Folkeparti. Retrieved 6 June 2014
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