Gun Brynhild Svensson (née Nilsson; born 10 July 1937) is a Swedish politician and blogger. She was born in Stensele and is a Pirate Party member and blogs under the name Farmor Gun i Norrtälje. In 2009, she won "Stora bloggpriset" in the category Politics and Society.[1][2] And in the 2010 Swedish General elections she was a candidate for the Riksdagen for the Pirate Party.[3]
Svensson was a member of the Social Democrats until 1986 when she decided to leave the party.[4] In 2006, she decided to start a blog, mostly about news and politics, and it also coincided with her new interest in human rights and the internet.[5]
References
- ^ Piratpartiet. "Piratpartiets Farmor Gun i Norrtälje vinner Stora Bloggpriset". Piratpartiet. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Grattis, alla vinnare i Stora Bloggpriset!". Stora Bloggpriset. Archived from the original on 7 February 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Piratpartiet presenterar sin riksdagsgrupp". Piratpartiet. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Farmor Gun – 72-årig piratpartist och ballast på nätet". 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Farmor Gun är den nya nätmedborgaren". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
External links
Media related to Gun Svensson at Wikimedia Commons
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