Esther Katarina Stensson (born 21 August 1988 in Örebro[1]) is a Swedish politician and leader of the Swedish Pirate Party with a term from 2019–2021[2][3] Stensson took a masters exam in engineering physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2014 and a degree in licentiate in physics in 2018. Stensson is the Vice-President of the company "Checheza AB", a company focused on online classes. In 2020 she took the teacher's exam to work as a teacher in physics and mathematics.
Katarina Stensson | |
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 Esther Stensson in 2022 | |
| Leader of the Pirate Party | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Magnus Andersson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Esther Katarina Stensson 21 August 1988 Örebro, Sweden |
| Political party | Pirate Party |
| Residence | Stockholm |
| Alma mater | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Politician, teacher |
| Website | katarinastensson.com |
Biography
editBetween 2012 and 2014,[4] Stensson was the project leader for organization Womengineer.[5] In the year 2014 Stensson founded IGEday,[6] a national event aimed at encourage girls to become engineers. Stensson had a seat in the board of directors for the free math-tutering service Mattecentrum from 2014–2017.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Katarina Stensson (31 år) Stockholm | Ratsit". www.ratsit.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Katarina Stensson utsedd till Piratpartiets nya partiledare". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The about section of the Pirat Party. Under "Partistyrelsen" and "Partiledare" it is stated that she is the leader elected from 2019 till 2021". piratpartiet.se. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ womengineer (20 August 2014). "PRESSMEDDELANDE: Dajana Vlajic tar över som projektledare för Womengineer". Womengineer (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ womengineer (24 November 2016). "Katarina Stensson". Womengineer (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Om IGEday – IGEday 3 April 2020" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Nya styrelsemedlemmar". Mattecentrum, gratis läxhjälp i matematik för alla (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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