27 Facts About Ebba Busch

Ebba-Elisabeth Busch is a Swedish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister for Energy and the Minister for Business and Industry since October 2022.

Ebba Busch has served as Leader of the Christian Democrats since April 2015.

Ebba Busch has criticized the shift towards multiculturalism, and supports the controversial move to shift Swedish embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Ebba Busch argues that Turkish membership in the EU should be rejected.

In March 2021, Busch was embroiled in a criminal investigation for defamation, in which Busch pleaded guilty to a charge of grave defamation, resulting in probation and a SEK 60,000 fine.

Ebba Busch later studied the IB Diploma Programme at Katedralskolan in Uppsala, and peace and conflict studies at Uppsala University.

Ebba Busch was the municipal party political secretary for the Christian Democrats councillor Gustaf von Essen in the Uppsala Municipality.

Ahead of the election for municipal councillors in Uppsala in 2010, the party suggested that Ebba Busch should be placed third on the election ballot, while the incumbent councillor Gustav von Essen would be first.

At the election, Ebba Busch received 1,679 votes, against only 220 for von Essen.

Ebba Busch served as vice chairman of the Christian Democrat youth organisation until 5 June 2011.

Ebba Busch made several comments to the media during 2010 criticizing the then party chairman Goran Hagglund, and what she perceived as his weak leadership following the 2006 General Election.

Ebba Busch was herself a candidate for the post of deputy party chairman at the same election, but lost to Maria Larsson.

In 2015, Ebba Busch was announced as the suggested successor of Goran Hagglund as party leader of the Christian Democratic party, and was formally elected on 25 April.

In March 2019, Ebba Busch announced that her party was ready to start negotiations with the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag, making her the first party leader to express a willingness to cooperate with the SD.

When interviewed by Dagens Nyheter in February 2018, Ebba Busch claimed that immigration to Sweden has led to a crisis regarding values and later on, ahead of the 2018 Swedish general election, said that heading towards multiculturalism is a mistake and argued against it.

Ebba Busch reiterated her party's new harsher stance on immigration in 2019 in an article co-written with her party's spokesperson on migration, Hans Eklind.

Ebba Busch is positive about free trade and supports EU cooperation, but believes that the principle of subsidiarity must be protected and is against increased supranationalism in social matters and giving the EU taxation rights.

Ebba Busch believes that Turkish membership of the EU should be rejected.

Ebba Busch has criticized former Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom's stance towards Israel and handling of the Israel-Palestine conflict, arguing that Wallstrom has been too one-sided and debated for Palestine rather than acting as a diplomat.

Ebba Busch is Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden for the same cabinet.

Ebba Busch announced that money would be put aside to develop ways to store energy.

In 2013, Ebba Busch married IK Sirius football player Niklas Thor.

Ebba Busch has a son, Birger, born in May 2015 and a daughter, Elise, born in February 2017.

On 5 December 2019, Ebba Busch announced on her Instagram account that she and her husband had filed for divorce.

Ebba Busch is a Protestant and a member of the Church of Sweden.

Ebba Busch pointed out the opposing lawyer's own criminal conviction from 15 years prior.

Ebba Busch pleaded guilty to a charge of grave defamation in July 2021 and was sentenced to probation and a SEK 60,000 fine.