Cecilia Wikström
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Cecilia Wikström MEP |
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| Chair of the European Parliament Petitions Committee | |
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Assumed office 7 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | New position |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2009 |
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| Constituency | Sweden |
| Member of the Swedish Parliament | |
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In office 30 September 2002 – 13 July 2009 |
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| Constituency | Uppsala County |
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Cecilia Karin Maria Sundström 17 October 1965 Svanstein, Norrbotten, Sweden |
| Political party |
 Swedish:Liberal People's Party  EU:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Spouse(s) | Jan-Erik Wikström |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Website | www.ceciliawikstrom.eu |
Cecilia Karin Maria Wikström, née Sundström, originally Nodbjörk (born 17 October 1965 in Svanstein, Övertorneå Municipality, Norrbotten County) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament from Sweden. She has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. She is a member of the Liberal People's Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
She is also a priest in the Church of Sweden and the author of several books. She was married to former Swedish Minister for Education Jan-Erik Wikström, father of Jeppe Wikström, from 1995 to 2010, and before that to the Swedish priest Björn Bolin.
Cecilia Wikström got her Bachelor of Theology at the Department of Theology at Uppsala University in 1993. She has had various positions in the Church of Sweden, such as parish minister, university chaplain, prison chaplain, and canon of the Uppsala Cathedral.
Between 2002 and 2009, Wikström was a member of the Swedish Parliament for the Liberal People's Party. She was Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Wikström has been very engaged in questions relating to freedom of expression, in Sweden as well as in other countries.
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