Jessica Ohlson
{{short description|Swedish politician}}
{{Sources exist|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jessica Ohlson
| image = Jessica Ohlson speaks at Alternative for Sweden's meeting on Långholmen in Stockholm on 11 August 2018.jpg
| caption = Ohlson during an Alternative for Sweden meeting on Långholmen in August 2018
| office = Secretary of Alternative for Sweden
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| term_start = 5 March 2018
| term_end = 28 November 2020
| predecessor = Party established
| successor = Yvonne Lindholm
| office1 = Chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth
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| term_start1 = 12 September 2015
| term_end1 = 2017
| predecessor1 = Gustav Kasselstrand
| successor1 = Constituency abolished
| birth_name = Jessica Marie Susanne Ohlson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stigtomta, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden
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| party = Alternative for Sweden
(2018–present)
| otherparty = Sweden Democrats
(2008–2015)
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| parents = Lars Ohlson (father)
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| education = Uppsala University
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Jessica Marie Susanne Ohlson (born 12 June 1990) is a Swedish politician and lawyer. She was chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU) from September 2015 to 2017 and served as party secretary for Alternative for Sweden from 2018 to 2020. Ohlson is an assistant lawyer at her father's law firm Lars Ohlson AB in Nyköping.{{cite web|url=https://www.advokatohlson.se/om-oss|title=Om oss|work=Advokatohlson.se|accessdate=24 April 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.advokatsamfundet.se/Advokatsamfundet-engelska/Find-a-lawyer/Search-result/Person-details/?personid=17006|title=Jessica Ohlson|work=Advokatsamfundet|accessdate=24 April 2021|archive-date=4 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104231015/https://www.advokatsamfundet.se/Advokatsamfundet-engelska/Find-a-lawyer/Search-result/Person-details/?personid=17006|url-status=dead}}
Early life
Jessica Ohlson was born on 12 June 1990 in Stigtomta, Södermanland. Ohlson studied the science program at the high school in Nyköping and then the law program at Uppsala University.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-19 |title=Den nya högern – ett eko från 1930-talet |url=https://www.dn.se/sdu/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}
Political career
= Sweden Democrats =
Ohlson became involved in the Sweden Democrats in 2008 and held positions as union secretary and member of Sweden Democratic Youth.{{Cite web |date=2015-07-12 |title=Om SDU - Sverigedemokratisk Ungdom |url=https://sdu.nu/om-sdu/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |archive-date=2015-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712042557/https://sdu.nu/om-sdu/ |url-status=dead }} With the 2014 election, Ohlson was elected as a member of the municipal and county council in Uppsala.{{Cite web |date=2016-01-05 |title=Jessica Ohlson |url=https://www.uppsala.se/organisation-och-styrning/person/jessica-ohlson/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |archive-date=2016-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105183434/https://www.uppsala.se/organisation-och-styrning/person/jessica-ohlson/ |url-status=dead }}
Ohlson was considered to represent a more nationalist branch within SDU, and ahead of the union's congress in September 2015, she was highlighted as a candidate for the position of chairman by, among others, the outgoing Gustav Kasselstrand.{{Cite news |last=Gerdfeldter |first=Mathias |date=2015-09-12 |title=Jessica Ohlson ny SDU-ordförande |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/jessica-ohlson-ny-sdu-ordforande |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}} At the congress, Ohlson was elected chairman of SDU, which led to the Sweden Democrats just a few hours later choosing to break ties with the youth association and instead start a new association under the name Ungsvenskarna SDU.{{Cite news |last=Omni |date=2015-09-12 |title=Ohlson ny SDU-ledare – trots SD:s hot |url=https://www.svd.se/a/5d24838e-1ece-4c6e-a672-8a720c5c2062/ohlson-ny-sdu-ledare-trots-sds-hot |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Svenska Dagbladet |language=sv |issn=1101-2412}} {{Cite news |last=TT |date=2015-09-12 |title=SD bryter med SDU: "Partiet menar allvar" |url=https://www.svd.se/a/40b7c4d3-a23e-41e6-ba0c-f2e6c59851d4/sd-bryter-med-sdu-partiet-menar-allvar |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Svenska Dagbladet |language=sv |issn=1101-2412}}{{Cite news |date=2015-10-01 |title=SD lanserar sin nya ungdomsverksamhet |url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/sd-lanserar-sin-nya-ungdomsverksamhet/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv |issn=1101-2447}} In connection with the Sweden Democrats breaking with the youth union, Ohlson was officially expelled from the party along with five other SDU members.{{Cite news |last=TT |date=2015-09-18 |title=Sverigedemokraterna utesluter SDU-toppar |url=https://www.svd.se/a/37319c0b-de39-4301-97b0-8697b94b34fb/sverigedemokraterna-utesluter-sdu-toppar |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Svenska Dagbladet |language=sv |issn=1101-2412}} {{Cite news |date=2015-10-25 |title=Uppgifter: Ohlson utesluts ur SD i dag |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/enligt-kallor-ohlson-utesluts-ur-sd-i-dag |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}} With this, Ohlson also chose to resign from her political assignments in Uppsala municipality and county council.
= Alternative for Sweden =
Between 2018 and 2020, Jessica Ohlson was party secretary in Alternative for Sweden. She was criticized because the combination of being both a refugee lawyer and party secretary in AfS was unacceptable.
Personal life
Ohlson runs her own firm and a limited company called Min Galopphäst Sverige AB, with a focus on equestrian sports.{{cite web|url=https://www.allabolag.se/900612JPMC/ohlson-jessica|title=Ohlson, Jessica|work=Allabolag.se|accessdate=24 April 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allabolag.se/5591805253/min-galopphast-sverige-ab|title=Min Galopphäst Sverige AB|work=Allabolag.se|accessdate=24 April 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.advokatohlson.se/medarbetare|title=Advokatbyrå Lars Ohlson AB|work=Advokatohlson.se|accessdate=24 April 2021}}
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Category:21st-century Swedish women politicians