Ebba Källström

*This is a Velkanian name. The last name is a family name, but this person should be referred to by the given name* Ebba*.*

**Ebba Madeleine Källström** (born 1 September 1985) is a Velkanian politician who has served as Leader of the Fors People Party since 2016. She has additionally served as a member of the Stádlink since 2012.

A member of the Velkanian Fors community, Ebba was born in Naríthjábæk and graduated from the Forsish Gymnasium of Naríthjábæk in 2005. After graduating, she enrolled in the Forsish University of the Velkanian Isles and graduated with a degree in political science in 2008. After finishing her education, Ebba became a policy advisor at the Fors People Party headquarters in Naríthjábæk. Ebba was elected to the Stádlink for the Fors People Party in the 2012 election, representing the Capital Region constituency. In 2016, she was nominated by the party to become the next party leader, and took office that July.

## Early life and education

Ebba was born on 1 September 1985 in Naríthjábæk to parents Edvard Källström (born 1953) and Carola Ljungren (born 1956). Her father works in advertising, while her mother works in marketing. A member of the Velkanian Fors community, Ebba grew up in the Breidalsnesi district and was raised speaking Forsish. She is the younger of two children; her elder brother is Matthias, born  (1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 40).

Ebba began her education in 1992, attending a local public Forsish-language primary school in Breidalsnesi. She graduated from primary school in 2002, and subsequently enrolled in Forsish Gymnasium of Naríthjábæk to study a a social sciences program, graduating in 2005. After finishing high school, Ebba enrolled in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Literature at the Forsish University of the Velkanian Isles. She graduated with a degree in political science in 2008. After finishing her university education, Ebba became a junior policy advisor at the Fors People Party headquarters in Naríthjábæk.

## Political career

### Political beginnings

After turning 16, Ebba registered with the Fors People Party and began to support them in the elections. She identifies herself as socially left-wing and economically moderate, most closely aligning herself with the Liberal-Democrats, but chose to register with the Fors People Party due to the importance of her Forsish heritage.

In 2012, Ebba applied to stand as a candidate in the 2012 election in the Capital Region constituency of the Stádlink. She went on to be elected, and has been reelected in 2016.

### Leader of the Fors People Party

In June 2016, party leader Joachim Larsson announced that he did not plan on leading the party into the 2016 election, and instead planned on nominating Ebba as his successor. The following month, Joachim officially stepped down to announce his retirement from politics, and Ebba was appointed Leader of the Fors People Party.

## Personal life

Ebba began dating Velkanian Fors advertising executive Denis Wölversby in 2006, while they were both students at the Forsish University of the Velkanian Isles. They became engaged in 2008, and married the following year. Ebba and Denis have three children together: Maxwell, born  (2010-11-09) 9 November 2010 (age 13), and fraternal twins Pauline and Tove, born  (2014-06-30) 30 June 2014 (age 9). The family resides in the Breidalsnesi neighborhood of Naríthjábæk.