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Heléne Björklund

PEP · Politician

Heléne Björklund 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	Heléne Björklund · Хелен Б'єрклунд · Элен Бьёрклунд · Элен Б’ёрклунд				[sources]
Alias	Heléne · Бьёрклунд, Элен				[sources]
Birth date	1972-09-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Sölvesborg parish				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Country	Sweden				[sources]
Citizenship	Sweden				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Heléne				[sources]
Last name	Björklund				[sources]
Political association	Swedish Social Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57168842				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Riksdag (member, 2018-2022) · member of the Swedish Riksdag (2018-2022) · member of the Swedish Riksdag (2022-) · municipal commissioner in Sölvesborg municipality, Sweden (2006-2018) · municipal commissioner in Sölvesborg municipality, Sweden (2007-2018)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-01	Last processed	2026-04-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swedish politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Swedish Riksdag	2018-09-24	2022-09-26

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,442

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,271

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,989

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-9f241f8f-e9c4-4567-8d55-976d839868b0 · se-riksdag-83ce194f1ac1312f4d821a477188ec3a85e04076

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