Juno Blom

Swedish politician (born 1968)

Juno Blom L
Juno Blom in January 2014

Secretary of the Liberals
In office 28 June 2019 – 8 April 2022
Party leader	Nyamko Sabuni
Preceded by	Maria Arnholm
Succeeded by	Maria Nilsson
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 September 2018
Constituency	Östergötland County

Personal details
Born	(1968-10-08) 8 October 1968 (age 55) Norrköping, Sweden
Political party	Liberals

Juno Maria Petra Blom (born 8 October 1968)^[1] is a Swedish politician for the Liberals who served as the party secretary from June 2019 to April 2022.^[2] Blom became a member of the Liberals in 2017 and was elected as a member of the Riksdag after the 2018 Swedish general election, representing her home constituency Östergötland County, and campaigning that she would bring up policies and questions surrounding children's rights and the fight against honor violence.^[3] For twelve years, she has advocated against honor violence and honor oppresition in the regional council for Östergötland county.^[4]

She currently takes up seat number 149 in the Riksdag. Before becoming secretary of the Liberals, she was a member of the Education Committee from October 2018 until February 2019, when she left the committee to become a member of the Justice Committee, on which she remained until September 2019. After she left the Justice Committee, she became a member of the War Delegation.^[5]

Blom was during her adolescent years a promising golf player among the Norrköping Golfclub.^[6]

Awards

Blom was awarded the Pela och Fadime (Pela och Fadime-utmärkelsen) award in 2018 for her fight against honor violence and oppression.^[7]

References

^ Sveriges befolkning 1980. Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. LIBRIS link.
^ "Juno Blom (L) ny partisekreterare: "Många känslor"" (in Swedish). Expressen. 28 June 2019.
^ "Juno Blom (L) tar klivet in i riksdagen". svt.se. Sveriges Television (SVT). Archived from the original on 21 September 2018.
^ "Juno Blom blir (L)iberal". folkbladet.se (in Swedish). folkbladet. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
^ "Juno Blom (L)". riksdag.se. Swedish Riksdag. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
^ "Sista kvaldagen på NT-golfen". nt.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
^ "Pela och Fadime-utmärkelsen till Juno Blom". svt.se. Sveriges Television (SVT). Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.