Katarina Stensson | |
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![]() Esther Stensson in 2022 | |
Leader of the Pirate Party | |
Assumed office 13 October 2019 | |
Preceded by | Magnus Andersson |
Personal details | |
Born | Esther Katarina Stensson 21 August 1988 Örebro, Sweden |
Political party | Pirate Party |
Residence | Stockholm |
Alma mater | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
Occupation | Politician, teacher |
Website | katarinastensson.com |
Esther Katarina Stensson (born 21 August 1988 in Örebro [1]) is a Swedish politician and leader of the Swedish Pirate Party with a term from 2019–2021 [2] [3] Stensson took a masters exam in engineering physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2014 and a degree in licentiate in physics in 2018. Stensson is the Vice-President of the company "Checheza AB", a company focused on online classes. In 2020 she took the teacher's exam to work as a teacher in physics and mathematics.
Between 2012 and 2014, [4] Stensson was the project leader for organization Womengineer. [5] In the year 2014 Stensson founded IGEday, [6] a national event aimed at encourage girls to become engineers. Stensson had a seat in the board of directors for the free math-tutering service Mattecentrum from 2014–2017. [7]