Paula Bieler

{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1988)}}

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| name = Paula Bieler Eriksson

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| office = Member of the Riksdag

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| term_start = 2014

| term_end = 2018

| constituency = Kalmar County

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| birth_name = Paula Bieler

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| birth_place = Västerås, Västmanland County, Sweden

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| party = Sweden Democrats (2009–2020)

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• Stockholm University
• Uppsala University

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Paula Bieler Eriksson ({{nee|Bieler}}; born 31 March 1988) is a Swedish former politician for the Sweden Democrats (SD) party.{{cite web|url=http://sverigedemokraterna.se/2014/04/22/sverigedemokraterna-presenterade-nya-talespersoner/ |title=Presentation nya talespersoner | Sverigedemokraterna |publisher=sverigedemokraterna.se |accessdate=27 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427175605/http://sverigedemokraterna.se/2014/04/22/sverigedemokraterna-presenterade-nya-talespersoner/ |archivedate=27 April 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/nya-sd-toppen-man-ar-mer-rationella_3486476.svd |title="Skapar omhändertagande samhälle" | SvD |work=Svenska Dagbladet |accessdate=27 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425025040/http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/nya-sd-toppen-man-ar-mer-rationella_3486476.svd |archivedate=25 April 2014 }} She became a member of the party in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/val2014/guide/kandidat/19339-paula_bieler |title=Paula Bieler, Sverigedemokraterna - Kandidat till EU-valet 2014 |publisher=SVT.se |accessdate=27 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515000739/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/val2014/guide/kandidat/19339-paula_bieler |archivedate=15 May 2014}} In November 2013 Bieler became an elected member of Sweden Democrats party council.{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/nyhetsklipp/svtforum/article1630763.svt |title=SD: landsdagar – intervju med Paula Bieler - Nyheter |publisher=SVT.se |accessdate=27 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010441/http://www.svt.se/nyhetsklipp/svtforum/article1630763.svt |archivedate=3 December 2013}} In the 2014 Swedish general election, Bieler was the party's number six national candidate for the Riksdag, and was elected a member of the Riksdag. Since April 2014 Bieler has also been the party's official political spokesman on gender and gay rights. On 11 February 2020, Bieler revealed that she was leaving the Riksdag in an interview with the Swedish tabloid Expressen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sd-toppen-paula-bieler-lamnar-riksdagen/|title=Paula Bieler, SD, lämnar riksdagen med omedelbar verkan. Berättar i Expressen TV|website=Expressen|date=11 February 2020 |accessdate=13 February 2020}} Shortly afterwards the podcast {{lang|sv|Lögnarnas tempel}} revealed that she has also left the Sweden Democrats.{{Cite web|url=https://www.patreon.com/lognarnastempel|title=Lögnarnas tempel is creating podcasts| website=Patreon}}

Bieler's reasons for leaving the SD was partly a dislike of the SD joining a conservative bloc together with the Moderates and the Christian Democrats (and eventually the Liberals), erasing the differences between parties. She also disliked that the SD had campaigned against the Social Democrats after calling themselves heirs ({{lang|sv|arvtagare}}) to the Social Democrats.{{Cite news |last1=Thomsen |first1=Dante |last2=Golster |first2=Moa |date=13 May 2021 |title=Därför hoppade Paula Bieler av Sverigedemokraterna: 'Inte bekväm med ett konservativt block' |trans-title=That's why Paula Bieler left the Sweden Democrats: "Not comfortable with a conservative bloc" |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/darfor-hoppade-paula-bieler-av-sverigedemokraterna-inte-bekvam-med-ett-konservativt-block |access-date=2 September 2024 |work=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}} She also disliked some policy positions the party had changed, and the processes and arguments used by the SD leadership to change them. One example is abortion law, where Bieler supported lowering the gestational limit from 18 weeks to 12 weeks.{{Cite web |last=Svensson |first=Niklas |author-link=Niklas Svensson |date=11 February 2020 |title=SD-toppen Paula Bieler lämnar riksdagen |trans-title=SD leader Paula Bieler leaves the Riksdag |url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sd-toppen-paula-bieler-lamnar-riksdagen/ |access-date=2 September 2024 |website=Expressen |language=sv}}

It was widely reported that a fellow SD member used an antisemitic slur against Bieler, who then was an active politician, during a party meeting.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sd-toppen-paula-bieler-utsatt-for-judehat/| work=Expressen|title=SD-toppen Paula Bieler utsatt för judehat| date=10 November 2017}} Retrieved 6 November 2021