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Åsa Lindestam

PEP · Politician

Åsa Lindestam is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Åsa Lindestam · Оса Линдестам · اوسا لينديستام · 奧薩·林德斯塔姆				[sources]
Alias	Asa Lindestam · Åsa · Åsa Margaretha Lindestam · Аса Линдестам · 奧薩·林德斯塔姆				[sources]
Weak alias	奧薩·林德斯坦				[sources]
Birth date	1956-04-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Söderala church parish				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Sweden				[sources]
Citizenship	Sweden				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Margaretha · Åsa				[sources]
Last name	Lindestam				[sources]
Political association	Swedish Social Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	www.socialdemokraterna.se				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4962686				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Chair of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence (2016-2016) · Member of the Committee on Defence (2002-2006) · Member of the Committee on Defence (2006-2010) · Member of the Committee on Defence (2010-2014) · Riksdag (member, 2002-2006) · 10 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swedish politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,548

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,639

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,371

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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