Sara Magdalena Skyttedal was born on 6 August 1986 and is a Swedish politician previously of the Christian Democrats party.
18 Facts About Sara Skyttedal
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Sara Skyttedal was Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.
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Sara Skyttedal participated in the beauty pageant Miss Sweden in 2006, where she made the Top 15 in the final.
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In September 2002, Sara Skyttedal became a member of the Young Christian Democrats.
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Sara Skyttedal was district director for the Christian Democrats for Stockholm and vice chairperson for the party in Haninge.
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Sara Skyttedal has a background in municipality politics for Haninge; until 2010 she was first vice chairperson on the adult education and high school board, as well as juryman in Sodertorn's court.
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At the 2009 and 2014 elections for the European parliament, Sara Skyttedal was a candidate for her party.
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Sara Skyttedal has resided in Vaxjo and was part of the 2014 general election for the Kronoberg constituency.
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Sara Skyttedal was the chairperson of Young Christian Democrats since 11 May 2013 and a member of the Christian Democrats party executive board.
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Sara Skyttedal was previously first vice chairperson for the Young Christian Democrats.
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In October 2015, Sara Skyttedal became the pivotal factor in the Christian Democrats' decision to pull out of the controversial December Agreement.
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In July 2016, Sara Skyttedal announced that she would resign as chairperson for the Young Christian Democrats at the next meeting, to be held in late 2016.
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In December 2022, Sara Skyttedal wrote a debate article in which she advocates decriminalization of drug use and legalization of cannabis.
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Sara Skyttedal later said that she herself had used cannabis on "a handful of occasions" in countries where it was legal.
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Sara Skyttedal was excluded from the Christian Democrats on 19 January 2024 after having offered to be a candidate for the Sweden Democrats party in the 2024 European Parliament election.
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In 2018, Sara Skyttedal was elected as the Christian Democrats' leading candidate for the 2019 European elections.
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In May 2024 Sara Skyttedal revealed that she has tried psychedelic mushrooms where it was legal, but did not experience any significant effects.
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Sara Skyttedal believes in the potential health benefits of psychedelic mushrooms but maintains that they should not be freely available for recreational use.