Sara Johanna Maria Larsson (born 4 January 1977) is a Swedish Sámi politician. She was a member of the Sámi Parliament of Sweden (Sametinget) from 2005 to 2017 and chaired the parliamentary board twice in rotation.
Sara Larsson | |
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| Member of the Sámi Parliament of Sweden | |
| In office 2005–2017 | |
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| Born | 4 January 1977 Malmö, Sweden |
| Alma mater | Luleå University of Technology |
Early life and education
editLarsson grew up as the child of a reindeer herder family in Klimhpe (Southern Sámi for Klimpfjäll) in the Vilhelmina södra sameby. Larsson was trained as a human ecologist at Luleå University of Technology (LTU) and worked in the administration of Västerbotten County.[1]
Political career
editLarsson has been politically active since 2001 and became a member of parliament[2] and chairman of the Min Geaidnu party (MG) in 2005. In 2013 she was elected deputy chairman. In 2009, she won one of the three seats for Min Geaidnu. In the Sámi Parliament of Sweden, the Sámediggi in Kiruna, Larsson was chairwoman of the five-member parliamentary board (Swedish: styrelseordförande) from 2009 to May 2010 and from May to November 2011. She received a second mandate for the years 2013 to 2017.[3] In the 2017 election, her party only received a single mandate.[4] Christina Åhrén became MP, and Larsson came in fourth place for her party.[5]
As chairwoman of the Swedish parliamentary board, Larsson was president of the Sámi Parliamentary Council (Sámi Parlamentáralaš Rađđi, Samisk parliamentariskt råd, SPR) until 15 April 2010.[6][7]
Personal life
editLarsson is married and the mother of three children; she has a sister.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sara Larsson". Archived from the original on 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Die Sami – Schwedens unbekannte Minderheit". Sveriges Radio. 5 October 2005. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Val till Sametinget – Valda. Mandatfördelning" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Val till Sametinget – Valda. Mandatfördelning" (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Val till Sametinget – Personröster" (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Conferencia Sami. Discurso de Sara Larsson, presidenta del Parlamento sami de Suecia" (in Spanish). Centro de Políticas Públicas. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ SPR vill samordna språkarbetet (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
External links
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