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Ulrika Dahl (born 1970) is a Swedish activist and scholar of gender studies specializing in femininity and sexuality. Dahl studied social anthropology at Lawrence University and received her doctorate from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2004. Since 2005 she has been employed at Södertörn University College in Stockholm where she is editor for the academic publication Lambda Nordica. Dahl's research is focused on feminist sexuality politics and the concept of femme as well as gender roles and stereotypes associated with femininity. She is politically active as a feminist and queer movement.

Dahl grew up in Östersund in northern Sweden.

In 2014, Dahl published a collection of her essays in Swedish in the anthology Skamgrepp: Femme-inistiska essäer. It was reviewed in Swedish media and described in the tabloid Aftonbladet as a "fiery attack against middle-class feminism" and as a description of Dahl's "bruised love affair with feminism".Jordahl, Anneli, "[http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/bokrecensioner/article18524149.ab Flammande attack mot medelklassfeminismen]", Aftonbladet, 12 mars 2014; original quotes "flammande attack mot medeklassfeminismen"; "sårig kärlekshistoria med feminismen" In Sveriges Radio, Sweden's public service radio, it was described as a "sprawling, bubbling, furious collection of texts" and that it "violently kicks open a door [...] in the struggle against simplification and stupidity, within and outside feminism"..Aschenbrenner, Jenny, [http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=478&artikel=5787111 recension av Skamgrepp] Sveriges Radio, 18 februari 2014; original quotes: "spretande, bubblande, vildsint samling texter"; "slår vilt krängande upp en dörr [...] i kamp mot förenkling och dumhet, såväl inom som utanför feminismen"