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Mr Kristoffer LINDBERG (Sweden, SOC)

Photo member

Substitute
Member of the Riksdag
Social Democratic Party

Sveriges Riksdag
SE - 100 12 - Stockholm
Sweden

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 25/11/2022

In the Assembly

  • since 25/11/2022 Substitute - Sweden

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 23/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 26/01/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Annika STRANDHÄLL (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 23/01/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

09/04/2025 | 20:01:01 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2)   Thank you President. Dear colleagues. We are deeply concerned about what is happening in Turkiye. Istanbul’s elected mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has been arrested, along with other opposition members and journalists. A living democracy needs a free opposition. It is very worrying that President Erdoğan’s biggest political rival is being arrested on weak and unclear charges. We must ask if this arrest is politically motivated, and if it is an... 01/10/2024 | 13:07:58 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Thank you president, dear colleagues. Thank you to the rapporteur for a very important and profound report! Propaganda and disinformation are a way of manipulating public opinion and threatening our shared democratic values and the democratic system itself. We can only look att the Russian propaganda and disinformation regarding their full scale invasion of Ukraine to get a horrible example. Certainly, society's measures to combat harmful... 25/06/2024 | 13:10:55 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Thank you Mister President. Dear colleagues. I want to thank the rapporteur for an excellent Report. Taking into account the opinions, expectations, and concerns of young people is crucial for ensuring our ability to achieve long-term development for the society and to bring new ideas to political issues. Sadly young people are underrepresented in local, regional, and national parliaments and they are increasingly disengaging from traditional... 25/01/2024 | 18:33:05 Thank you, Mister President, Honourable members, It is about democracy. I want to express my gratitude to both the rapporteurs, who through these reports, put our attention to a fundamental pillar of our democratic society – media freedom and the safety of journalists and civil society. The media and civil society act or serve as guardians for the democracy. Journalists in particular have a certain role in monitoring and reporting on various institutions, including the government and other...

Activities