Sofia Arkelsten

Hanna Sofia Margareta Arkelsten (born 6 December 1976) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She served as member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2006 to 2018, representing her home constituency of Stockholm Municipality.

Arkelsten served as Secretary of the Moderate Party from 2010 to 2012 and Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in 2012 and again from 2013 to 2014.

Career

Early career Arkelsten previously worked on Svensk Handel and on ICA Sweden as director of communications.

Parliament Upon joining parliament in 2006 she was a deputy to Beatrice Ask then deputy for Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt a month later in November. She was not a regular member of parliament until 17 September 2007, when she stopped being deputy. On 20 April 2012 she resigned of her own accord.

Personal life Sofia Arkelsten was born in Stockholm. In April 2011 she married Olof Torvestig and she is an outspoken vegetarian. Her first child, a daughter, was born on 25 November 2012. On 16 October 2014, Arkelsten told a newspaper that she had been diagnosed with chronic disease multiple sclerosis (MS). She said the prognosis was good although the disease was chronic.