The feminist party which came close to entering parliament in last year’s Swedish election launched in Oslo on Thursday night, selecting its first candidate to compete in the city’s municipal elections, as it seeks to spread its influence across Scandinavia.
Sweden’s Feminist Initiative party, which came within a whisker of entering parliament in last September’s election, is to launch in Norway on Monday, fielding candidates for municipal elections in Oslo and Bergen.
Feminist Initiative spokeswoman Gudrun Schyman grabbed the headlines late Saturday night when she joined US superstar Pharell Williams on stage during his worldwide hit "Happy".
Sweden's upstart feminist party on Monday welcomed news it had increased its voter support fivefold, but the social media savvy politicians still need a proper bump to get over the parliamentary threshold.
The Feminist Initiative's (Feministiskt Initiativ - Fi) controversial burning of 100,000 kronor ($13,000) in Visby on Tuesday in a demonstration for equal pay between the sexes has come in for criticism, from allies and opponents alike.
The leader of the Feminist Initiative (Fi), Gudrun Schyman, has said that the Almedalen Week in Visby on Gotland is a perfect opportunity to promote the party's message, complaining of isolation by the media and polling institutes.
Sweden's best-known feminist, Gudrun Schyman , kicked off her campaign to get more women onto the boards of Swedish corporations on Tuesday by turning up to the Annual General Meeting of Investor, one of Sweden's most influential holding companies.
Swedish anti-monarchy association Republikanska Föreningen has called for Astrid Lindgren and her most famous creation, Pippi Longstocking, to replace the king's head on the one krona coin.
Feminist Initiative spokeswoman Gudrun Schyman crashed her car into a 15 year-old girl on a moped in the southern town of Simrishamn yesterday. Police are now looking into the incident.
Gudrun Schyman, one of Sweden’s most colourful politicians and spokeswoman for Feminist Initiative, will be holding a pre-election talk for English speakers in Stockholm next week, it has been announced.
Gudrun Schyman, spokesperson for Sweden's Feminist Initiative, received death threats on Monday as she was giving a lecture in Jönköping, southern Sweden.
The well-known feminist commentator Ebba Witt-Brattström is leaving the board of the Feminist Initiative, the political group and soon-to-be party which she helped to start up. Internal disagreements are said to be behind her departure.
Sweden is the most equal country in the world, according to a new report. Swedish women are in a better position on the labour market than their counterparts in most other countries, and have better access to healthcare and education. Yet Feminist Initiative founder Gudrun Schyman argues that women in Sweden still suffer from domestic violence and labour market discrimination.
Five members of the board, including former Left Party leader Gudrun Schyman, launched the Feminist Initiative ("Feministiskt initiativ") at a press conference at the Swedish parliament this morning. The much anticipated and hyped new feminist party has arrived! Or has it?
