Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Alice Teodorescu Måwe
MEP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the European Parliament
for Sweden
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Personal details
BornAlice Alexandra Teodorescu
(1984-05-02) 2 May 1984
Bucharest, Romania
CitizenshipSweden • Romania
PartyChristian Democrats
(since 2024)
Other political
affiliations
Moderate (2019–2024)
Spouse
​
(m. 2019)​
Alma materLund University
OccupationPolitician

Alice Alexandra Teodorescu Måwe (born 2 May 1984) is a Romanian-Swedish politician, former legal professional with the Företagarna organisation of Swedish entrepreneurs and a liberal-conservative commentator. Since 2024, she is a Member of the European Parliament.

Early life

Alice Teodorescu was born in Bucharest, Romania.[1] She attended the Sture Academy, a training programme for young people run by liberal think tank Timbro.[1][2]

Career

After completing her legal training, she worked as an intern in the Brussels office of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and then became a communication strategist for the newspaper.[1] She has also been an editorial writer for newspapers including Barometern in Oskarshamn and Gotlands Allehanda.[3][4] In 2009, she founded a women's network called "En plats i himlen för kvinnor som hjälper varandra" ("A place in heaven for women who help each other").[5]

Teodorescu criticised gender quotas on corporate boards and advocated a policy of equality based on individualism rather than collectivism. She has also written on integration and education. In February 2014 she attracted much attention by calling in a debate on the Sveriges Radio channel 1 programme P1 Debatt for a clear definition of the term "racism" and questioning whether racism in Sweden was structural.[2][6][7][8] She also argued that it was time for a more nuanced, less dogmatic and polarising debate on the issue.[9] During the Almedalen week in June and July 2014 Ali Esbati refused to shake hands with Teodorescu after a live broadcast debate between the two, this after a discussion about racism in Sweden.[10] After the debate both Teodorescu and Esbati received criticism for not considering each other's opinions.[11] In a subsequent opinion piece in Svenska Dagbladet, Teodorescu complained about what she saw as the lenient treatment of the Green Party by the press.[12]

Teodorescu Måwe was running to become a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Democrats in the upcoming EP elections for 2024.[13] She replaced Sara Skyttedal as the party's top name for the election.[13][14] She was voted into the parliament as the only Christian Democrat and took office on 16 July 2024.[15]

During the ongoing war in the Middle East since 2023, Teodorescu Måwe has taken a strong pro-Israel stance in the public debate in Sweden. In 2024, she proposed that everyone, especially immigrants from the Levant who becomes a citizen of Sweden must recognize Israel as a state. In an interview with Swedish Television, she said: "Many of those who engage in 'Hamas-hugging' in these demonstrations also do not support other values that we take for granted in a Swedish context".[16]

She is a parliamentary candidate in the 2026 Swedish general election.[17][18]

Personal life

In 2019 Teodorescu married pianist Henrik Måwe at Lund Cathedral, after which she also assumed his surname.[19][20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hagenblad, Åsa (2 May 2009). "Drömde om en karriär som diplomat". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "De obekväma: Alice Teodorescu" (in Swedish). Sveriges Utbildningsradio. 18 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Alice Teodorescu". Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ny på ledarsidan: Alice Teodorescu" (in Swedish). Helagotland.se. 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Teodorescu, Alice. "Nätverkets Historia" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014. Enplatsihimlen.se
  6. ↑ Teodorescu, Alice (3 February 2014). "Antirasister och rasister gör gemensam sak" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Pascalidou, Alexandra; Welander, Louise; Löfgren, Marie-Jeanette (4 February 2014). "Vi ber om ursäkt, Alice Teodorescu" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "P1 ber om ursäkt efter rasismdebatt". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  9. ↑ P1 Debatt: Hur mycket rasism tål Sverige? (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Britts, Malvina (4 July 2014). "Vägrade skaka hand efter storbråk i sändning". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Andersson, Robert (12 July 2014). "Inte ens när värden som mångfald" (in Swedish). Nyheter24. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Teodorescu, Alice (18 July 2014). "Varför tar inte journalisterna MP på allvar?". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  13. 1 2 "Skyttedal petad – Alice Teodorescu nytt toppnamn för KD i EU-valet". Europaportalen. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  14. ↑ Parham, Babak (23 May 2024). Christian Democrats: "We need a new way of seeking asylum". Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "Glädje på KD-vaka trots tappad EU-plats". Göteborgs-Posten. 9 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  16. ↑ Sjödin, Kajsa; Törnmalm, Kristoffer (28 October 2024). "KD-toppen: Personer som ansöker om medborgarskap ska erkänna Israel". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  17. ↑ "Alice Teodorescu Måwe kandiderar till riksdagen". DN (in Swedish). 10 October 2025. Archived from the original on 10 October 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  18. ↑ Yousuf, Etezaz (26 September 2025). "KD-toppen Teodorescu Måwe vill till riksdagen". SvD (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Archived from the original on 7 October 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  19. ↑ Andersson, Alexandra (14 July 2019). "Alice Teodorescu Måwe: 'Jag var väldigt mån om att passa in'". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 February 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  20. ↑ Zabielski, Julia (23 January 2024). "Allt om Alice Teodorescu Måwe: Utbildning, make och barn". Nyheter24 (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.

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