Juno Blom

Juno Maria Petra Blom (born 8 October 1968 in Kvillinge Parish, Norrköping, Östergötland County)[1] is a Swedish politician for the Liberals Party who has served as Secretary of the Liberals Party since June 2019.[2] Blom became a member of the Liberals Party in 2017 and was elected as a member of the Riksdag after the 2018 general election, representing her home constituency Östergötland County, and campaigning that she would bring up policies and questions surrounding Children's rights and the fight against honor violence.[3] For twelve years she has advocated against honor violence and honor oppresition in the regional council for Östergötland County.[4]

Juno Blom

Juno Blom in January 2014
Secretary of the Liberals Party
Assumed office
28 June 2019
Party leaderNyamko Sabuni
Preceded byMaria Arnholm
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
24 September 2018
ConstituencyÖstergötland County
Personal details
Born (1968-10-08) 8 October 1968
Kvillinge Parish, Norrköping, Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden
Political partyLiberals

She currently takes up seat number 149 in the Riksdag. Before becoming Secretary of the Liberals Party she was a member of the Education Committee from October 2018 until February 2019, she left the committee to become a member of the Justice Committee which she served until September 2019. After the left the Justice Committee she became a member of the War Delegation.[5]

Blom was during her adolescent years a promising golf player among the Norrköping Golfclub.[6]

Awards

Blom was awarded the Pela och Fadime (Pela och Fadime-utmärkelsen) award in 2018 for her fight against honor violence and oppression (HRV) [7]

References

  1. Sveriges befolkning 1980. Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. Libris link.
  2. "Juno Blom (L) ny partisekreterare: "Många känslor"" (in Swedish). Expressen. 28 June 2019.
  3. "Juno Blom (L) tar klivet in i riksdagen". svt.se. Sveriges Television (SVT). Archived from the original on 21 September 2018.
  4. "Juno Blom blir (L)iberal". folkbladet.se (in Swedish). folkbladet. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. "Juno Blom (L)". riksdag.se. Swedish Riksdag. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. "Sista kvaldagen på NT-golfen". nt.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. "Pela och Fadime-utmärkelsen till Juno Blom". svt.se. Sveriges Television (SVT). Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Maria Arnholm
Secretary of the Liberals
2019–
Incumbent
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