Parisa Liljestrand

Parisa Mollagholi Liljestrand (born 15 March 1983) is a Swedish politician for the Moderate Party.

Her father was a pilot in the Iranian armed forces and was able to steal a helicopter and fly his family out of the country in the dark over the mountains.

After six months at the refugee center in Surahammar, the family finally ended up in Vallentuna.

[3] In an article in Svenska Dagbladet in 2016, she said that she "takes every opportunity" to celebrate both Swedish and Iranian holidays.

[5] In 2002, she founded the direct democratic party Demoex, which was represented in the municipal council in Vallentuna between 2002 and 2010.