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Ms Boriana ÅBERG (Sweden, EPP/CD)

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Representative
Member of the Riksdag
Moderate Party

Sveriges Riksdag
SE - 100 12 - Stockholm
Sweden

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Latest news

13/05/2026 - Election observation Armenia’s elections must not be endangered by foreign interference and a level playing field for all contestants is essential, says PACE pre-electoral delegation in Yerevan 27/01/2025 - Session Georgia’s parliamentary delegation challenged at opening of PACE session 26/06/2024 - Session Armenia: while welcoming electoral reforms, PACE regrets the excessive polarisation of the political climate 15/11/2023 - Monitoring Armenia needs more support from Council of Europe member states, say PACE monitors ending visit 26/04/2023 - Monitoring The Lachin corridor: statement by the PACE monitors for Azerbaijan and Armenia

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party since 15/06/2021
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 18/11/2014 to 14/06/2021

In the Assembly

  • since 24/04/2017 Representative - Sweden
  • from 18/11/2014 to 23/04/2017 Substitute - Sweden

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

  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 31/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (from 21/01/2019 to 24/11/2022)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 21/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 21/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 22/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 26/04/2017 to 08/10/2017)
  • Full Member: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 24/04/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 18/11/2014 to 23/04/2017)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 10/09/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 04/03/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on Armenia): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 10/09/2020 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 11/10/2018 to 28/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 25/01/2018 to 21/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Integration (from 27/04/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2017 to 23/04/2017)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 28/01/2016 to 23/04/2017)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 25/01/2016 to 27/01/2016)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy (from 28/01/2015 to 25/01/2017)
  • Alternate of Ms Victoria TIBLOM (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 30/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Beatrice TIMGREN (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 23/01/2023 to 29/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Markus WIECHEL (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 18/04/2016 to 23/04/2017)
  • Alternate of Ms Azadeh ROJHAN (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 25/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Ms Kerstin LUNDGREN (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 20/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Julia KRONLID (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 18/11/2014 to 17/04/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Johan NISSINEN (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 24/04/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 24/04/2017 to 25/04/2017)
  • Alternate of Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 24/01/2019 to 03/03/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON (Full Member): Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 25/01/2018 to 10/10/2018)
  • Alternate of Ms Lotta JOHNSSON FORNARVE (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 27/01/2015 to 24/01/2016)
  • Alternate of Ms Kerstin LUNDGREN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 25/01/2018 to 20/01/2019)

Interventions

Last speeches

24/06/2026 | 19:18:55 Mister President, Dear colleagues, For there to be food on our tables, someone must produce it. This is a simple truth, yet it underpins every functioning society. Farmers sustain this foundation, even in times of crisis. They are central to our preparedness and resilience. In recent years, we have become painfully aware of how vulnerable global supply chains can be. A strong agricultural sector is therefore not only a question of economic policy, it is a question of security. This report... 23/06/2026 | 18:34:42 Mister President, Dear colleagues, "Tyranny is an endless, boundless malevolence which for a long time has cast its grim shadow over millions of displaced human beings. Tyranny turns life into death, blessing into lament, and comfort into torment. Tyranny oppresses humanity, free will, and human dignity. Tyranny is the other side of the coin of war." Those are the words of Ms Narges MOHAMMADI, from her Nobel Prize acceptance speech. A speech she could not deliver in person, because she was in... 22/04/2026 | 19:30:26 Thank you Madam President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur Ms Lesia VASYLENKO for this important report. Those who murdered Mr Sergei MAGNITSKY made him immortal. The law, named after him, has been applied not only against officials and criminals in Russia, but also against those responsible for abuses in China and Saudi Arabia. With the Magnitsky laws, democracy has gained a weapon. Sweden is named in the draft resolution as one of the countries that failed to open... 22/04/2026 | 10:57:13 Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank Ms Zita GURMAI for her comprehensive report on such an important issue as the Istanbul Convention. In the early 2000s, I worked in an emergency department. Women would come in beaten black and blue, offering one implausible explanation after another for their injuries. They were utterly unwilling to report the matter to the police and would often blame themselves for the violence they had suffered. Much has changed in Sweden since then... 28/01/2026 | 16:40:24 Ms. President, Dear colleagues, I hope that this debate will focus on how our countries can contribute to the stabilisation of Gaza, a transitional governance framework and its reconstruction, rather than becoming an opportunity to demonise Israel and to fuel anti-Semitism. The people of Gaza have suffered enough. Over the past decades, millions of euros intended for humanitarian assistance have instead been diverted directly into the hands of Hamas. Rather than investing in water and...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

06/06/2024 | Doc. 15994 | Report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Armenia 23/05/2022 | Doc. 15538 | Committee Opinion Justice and security for women in peace reconciliation 10/01/2022 | Doc. 15432 | Report The functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

26/06/2026 | Doc. 16455 | Motion for a resolution Quantum technologies and artificial intelligence: the need for a European anticipation and governance strategy 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16447 | Motion for a resolution Hate crimes, intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Europe 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16448 | Written declaration Erasure of Armenian cultural identity in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan 23/06/2026 | Doc. 16443 | Motion for a resolution Europe's demographic winter: political implications for democracy 15/05/2026 | Doc. 16405 | Motion for a resolution Reported cases of political prisoners in Europe

Votes on adopted texts

25/06/2026 | Doc. 16412, vote on the draft text for resolution Access of migrants and refugees to healthcare 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16415, vote on the draft text for recommendation Media freedom in sport 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16415, vote on the draft text for resolution Media freedom in sport 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16446, vote on the draft text for resolution Women’s access to justice 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16421, vote on the draft text for recommendation Fighting back against transnational repression