Bella Forsgrén

{{short description|Finnish politician}}

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| party = Green League

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| constituency_MP = Central Finland

| term_start = 17 April 2019

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| parliament = Finnish

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| birth_place = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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| alma_mater = University of Jyväskylä

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Bella Asha Maria Belaynesh Forsgrén (born 10 February 1992 in Addis Ababa) is a Finnish politician of the Green League who has been serving as a member of the Parliament of Finland since 2019, representing the Central Finland constituency.[https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1445.aspx Eduskunta profile] She is the country's first Black female member of parliament.Leonie Cater (March 17, 2021), [https://www.politico.eu/article/sanna-marin-finland-online-harassment-women-government-targeted/ Finland’s women-led government targeted by online harassment] Politico Europe.

Early life

Forsgrén was adopted from Ethiopia to Finland when she was three years old.{{cite web |url=https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006138818.html |title=Tällainen oli Bella Forsgrénin, 27, matka etiopialaisesta orpokodista eduskuntaan: "Tarinani olisi voinut päättyä toisin" |last=Kerttula |first=Suvi |date=16 June 2019 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi |access-date=31 January 2021}}

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