Daniel Sestrajcic
Daniel Sestrajcic | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 29 September 2014 – 31 August 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Momodou Malcolm Jallow |
| Constituency | Malmö Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) |
| Political party | Left Party |
Daniel Sestrajcic (born 1976) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Left Party, he represented Malmö Municipality between September 2014 and August 2017.[1]
Sestrajcic has been a member of the municipal council in Malmö Municipality since 2019.[2] He was amongst a group a protestors who, on 8 October 2015, tried to prevent the police from removing a cam set-up outside the Swedish Migration Agency's offices in Malmö by Palestinian refugees.[3][4] He was convicted of disobeying law enforcement and fined SEK 25,000.[3][5]
In 2015, he was a passenger on the Freedom Flotilla III, the fourth attempt to break the Israeli blockade associated with the Swedish Ship to Gaza group. The vessel Sestrajcic had boarded in Gothenburg was intercepted in international waters by the Israeli navy on 29 June 2015.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Ledamöter & partier: Daniel Sestrajcic (V)" (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden: Riksdag. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Förtroendevalda: Daniel Sestrajcic" (in Swedish). Malmö, Sweden: Malmö City Council. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Riksdagsmannen dömd till dagsböter". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Högström, Erik (12 October 2015). "Sestrajcic misstänks för brott vid demonstration". Expressen (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Carlson, Claes (10 March 2017). ""Polisen ljuger om mig", hävdar vänsterpartist". Expressen (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Nyman, Emelie (15 May 2015). "Fjärde försöket att nå Gaza". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish) – via PressReader.
- ^ Ali, Marium. "Freedom Flotillas: A history of attempts to break Israel's siege of Gaza". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 18 July 2025.