Amanda Lind

This article is about the politician Amanda Lind. For the writer who writes under the name "Amanda Lind", see Johanna Nilsson (author) .

Amanda Lind

Amanda Sofia Margareta Lind (born August 2, 1980 in Uppsala under the family name Johansson ) is a Swedish politician of the Greens . Since January 21, 2019, she has been Minister for Culture and Democracy in the Löfven II government .

biography

Lind grew up in Luleå from the age of three as the daughter of a pastor and a pharmacist. She studied at Umeå University's psychology program and graduated in 2009. She was a child and adolescent psychologist for the district council of Västernorrland 2009-2011.

politics

In 1999 she became a member of the environmental party Miljöpartiet de Gröna . In 2010 she was appointed spokeswoman for the Greens in Härnösand and in 2012 as spokeswoman for Västernorrland . Lind was a former city councilor and 1st deputy chairwoman of the municipal council in the municipality of Härnösand. She became party secretary of the Green Party in 2016 and was the successor to Anders Wallner.

In January 2019 she became Minister for Culture and Democracy - also responsible for sport - and head of the Ministry for Culture in the Löfven II government .

Family and private

Lind is married to the filmmaker Björn Ola Lind and has two children with him. She lives in Härnösand.

Controversy

Expression of sympathy for controversial party colleague

Amanda Lind described the former Swedish housing minister and green politician Mehmet Kaplan on social media as a "hero and pioneer". In the past he had to give up his ministerial post in the former Löfven government after it was revealed that he had contacts with the Turkish extremists Gray Wolves and the Islamist movement Millî Görüş and that he had compared Israel's policy towards the Palestinians with the National Socialists . For this show of sympathy Amanda Lind was criticized in both Swedish and international media. According to her own statement, she was referring purely to his work as a minister and member of the Green Party.

Cultural appropriation

Because Amanda Lind wears dreadlocks , she has been accused of cultural appropriation . Linnea Celik, initiator of the Menstruation Museum in Amsterdam, said according to “Nyheter idag”: “@amandalind - your hairstyle is cultural appropriation - a kind of blackfacing for hair. How do you intend to work against racism in cultural Sweden? "

Web links

Commons : Amanda Sofia Margareta Lind  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} "Crises for inte definiera oss". In: Dagens Arena. Retrieved January 22, 2019 (sv-SE). 
2. ↑ Kommunstyrelse. Retrieved January 22, 2019 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ Amanda Lind tycker politics är ett kall. December 18, 2014, accessed January 22, 2019 (Swedish). 
4. ↑ Sveriges Radio: Amanda Lind vald till ny partisekreterare för Miljöpartiet - Nyheter (Ekot). Retrieved January 22, 2019 (Swedish). 
5. ↑ Kommunalrådet Amanda Lind kan bli Miljöpartiets nya partisekreterare. February 19, 2016, accessed January 22, 2019 (Swedish). 
6. ↑ Amanda Lind (MP) blir ny Minister of Culture. January 21, 2019, accessed January 22, 2019 (Swedish). 
7. ^ The daily newspaper February 4, 2019: Sweden's new Minister of Education
8. ^ ^{A b} Ny svensk minister vækker vrede med rastafarihår og hyldest til islamist. January 22, 2019, accessed January 22, 2019 (Danish).