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'''Amelia Andersdotter''' (born 30 August 1987, [[Uppsala]]) is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] politician and former [[Member of the European Parliament]] (2011–2014), elected on the [[Pirate Party (Sweden)|Piratpartiet]] list in the [[2009 European Parliament election in Sweden|2009 election]].
'''Amelia Anna Matilda Katarina Andersdotter''' (born 30 August 1987 in [[Uppsala]]) is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] politician and former [[Member of the European Parliament]] (2011–2014), elected on the [[Pirate Party (Sweden)|Pirate Party]] list in the [[2009 European Parliament election in Sweden|2009 election]].

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== Personal life ==
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Amelia Andersdotter was born on 30 August 1987 at [[Akademiska sjukhuset]] in [[Uppsala]], Sweden, the first of three children. Her mother, Lotta Lille, is a journalist, and her father, Anders Lundquist, is a teacher and chess tutor. Her sisters are Ulrika and Karolina. She also has a half-brother on her father's side, Eirik Lundquist. After graduating at Rosendalsgymnasiet in Uppsala, she attended [[Lund University|university]] in Lund, where she studied [[mathematics]], [[physics]], [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] and [[business law]]. However, Andersdotter was elected before completing her studies.<ref name="Lundagård">{{cite web |url=http://www.lundagard.se/2009/06/01/amelia-20/ |title=Amelia 2.0 |first=Viktor |last=Ström |date=1 June 2009 |work=Lundagård |language=Swedish}}</ref>

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She has lived in many parts of Europe, including [[Lund]], [[Uppsala]], [[Bucharest]], [[Ghent]] and [[Brussels]].


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
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Andersdotter joined the Piratpartiet shortly after its formation in 2006. From June 2007 to March 2010 she was the international coordinator of [[Ung Pirat]], the party's youth wing. In this capacity she coordinated contacts with other groups in Sweden, other pirate political movements around the world, and the organization's international policy viewpoints.
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Amelia joined the Piratpartiet shortly after its formation in 2006. From June 2007 to March 2010 she was the international coordinator of [[Ung Pirat]], the party's youth wing. In this capacity she coordinated contacts with other groups in Sweden, other pirate political movements around the world, and the organization's international policy viewpoints.


In 2009, she was named the second candidate on Piratpartiet's list for the [[European Parliament]] elections in June of that year. While Piratpartiet did not gain enough votes for a second MEP under the [[treaty of Nice]], they did get enough votes to award her a seat under the terms of the new [[treaty of Lisbon]] that was to come into effect December that year. [[2009 European Parliament election#Observer MEPs|Difficulties]] with the ratification process of the treaty of Lisbon meant that the seat would not be granted until December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://euobserver.com/843/114270 |title=18 new MEPs to arrive next month |work=EUobserver |date=14 November 2011 |accessdate=24 November 2011}}
In 2009, she was named the second candidate on Piratpartiet's list for the [[European Parliament]] elections in June of that year. While Piratpartiet did not gain enough votes for a second MEP under the [[treaty of Nice]], they did get enough votes to award her a seat under the terms of the new [[treaty of Lisbon]] that was to come into effect December that year. [[2009 European Parliament election#Observer MEPs|Difficulties]] with the ratification process of the treaty of Lisbon meant that the seat would not be granted until December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://euobserver.com/843/114270 |title=18 new MEPs to arrive next month |work=EUobserver |date=14 November 2011 |access-date=24 November 2011}}
</ref> From 2011 to 2014, she was the youngest member of the European Parliament.<ref>
</ref> From 2011 to 2014, she was the youngest member of the European Parliament.<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-to-join-european-parliament-as-youngest-member-111120/ |title=Pirate To Join European Parliament As Youngest Member |author=Ernesto |date=20 November 2011 |work=TorrentFreak |accessdate=20 November 2011}}
{{cite web |url=https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-to-join-european-parliament-as-youngest-member-111120/ |title=Pirate To Join European Parliament As Youngest Member |author=Ernesto |date=20 November 2011 |work=TorrentFreak |access-date=20 November 2011}}
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In the interim period between her election and her inauguration, she spent much time travelling to different parts of the world talking about her experiences as a young politician and as an advocate of new ideas in information policy. Amongst others the [[Ars Electronica]] festival in [[Linz]], Austria<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tagr.tv/2010/amelia-andersdotter-repair-democracy-maxwell-salzberg-creating-diaspora/ | title=Amelia Andersdotter: "Repair" democracy |date=2010-09-17 |accessdate=2012-07-16 }}</ref> and a visit to [[South Korea]]<ref>{{ cite web|url=http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001463559&PAGE_CD=N0000&BLCK_NO=3&CMPT_CD=M0009 |title=Illegal downloads? Refuse to accept copyright |work=gimsiyeon |date=2010-10-18 |accessdate=2012-07-16 |language=Korean |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206135943/http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001463559&PAGE_CD=N0000&BLCK_NO=3&CMPT_CD=M0009 |archivedate=2013-12-06 }}</ref> in 2010, which later inspired her political involvement on the Korean peninsula delegation in the European Parliament. She also travelled extensively inside Europe during this time, involving herself in the work of Pirate Parties around Europe.
In the interim period between her election and her inauguration, she spent much time travelling to different parts of the world talking about her experiences as a young politician and as an advocate of new ideas in information policy. Amongst others the [[Ars Electronica]] festival in [[Linz]], Austria<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tagr.tv/2010/amelia-andersdotter-repair-democracy-maxwell-salzberg-creating-diaspora/ | title=Amelia Andersdotter: "Repair" democracy |date=2010-09-17 |access-date=2012-07-16 }}</ref> and a visit to [[South Korea]]<ref>{{ cite web|url=http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001463559&PAGE_CD=N0000&BLCK_NO=3&CMPT_CD=M0009 |title=Illegal downloads? Refuse to accept copyright |work=gimsiyeon |date=2010-10-18 |access-date=2012-07-16 |language=ko |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206135943/http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001463559&PAGE_CD=N0000&BLCK_NO=3&CMPT_CD=M0009 |archive-date=2013-12-06 }}</ref> in 2010, which later inspired her political involvement on the Korean peninsula delegation in the European Parliament. She also travelled extensively inside Europe during this time, involving herself in the work of Pirate Parties around Europe.


During her term in office, she focused her efforts around information policy. She was a part of the [[Committee on Industry, Research and Energy]]. She was also a substitute member of the [[Committee on International Trade]] and the [[Committee on Budgetary Control]]. She also served as a full member of the parliamentary delegation to the [[Korean peninsula]], and a substitute member of the delegation for the [[Andean Community of Nations|Andean community]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/108570/Amelia_ANDERSDOTTER.html |title=Amelia ANDERSDOTTER |work=European Parliament |date=1 December 2011 |accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref>
During her term in office, she focused her efforts around information policy. She was a part of the [[Committee on Industry, Research and Energy]]. She was also a substitute member of the [[Committee on International Trade]] and the [[Committee on Budgetary Control]]. She also served as a full member of the parliamentary delegation to the [[Korean peninsula]], and a substitute member of the delegation for the [[Andean Community of Nations|Andean community]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/108570/Amelia_ANDERSDOTTER.html |title=Amelia ANDERSDOTTER |work=European Parliament |date=1 December 2011 |access-date=16 July 2012}}</ref>


A longtime critic of the [[Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement]], her advice to reject it was carried by the ITRE committee, the first of parliamentary committees to propose a rejection of the agreement. Other committees soon followed in the rejection.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18264856 |title=Acta: Piracy treaty dealt critical blows in EU votes | work = BBC News | date = 31 May 2012 | accessdate = 30 November 2012}}</ref> The agreement was soundly rejected by the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120703IPR48247/html/European-Parliament-rejects-ACTA |title=European Parliament rejects ACTA |work= European Parliament |date=2012-07-04 |accessdate= 2012-07-16 }}</ref>
A longtime critic of the [[Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement]], her advice to reject it was carried by the ITRE committee, the first of parliamentary committees to propose a rejection of the agreement. Other committees soon followed in the rejection.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18264856 |title=Acta: Piracy treaty dealt critical blows in EU votes | work = BBC News | date = 31 May 2012 | access-date = 30 November 2012}}</ref> The agreement was soundly rejected by the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120703IPR48247/html/European-Parliament-rejects-ACTA |title=European Parliament rejects ACTA |work= European Parliament |date=2012-07-04 |access-date= 2012-07-16 }}</ref>


Other areas she worked on include a proposal for a recast of the Union's Re-use of Public Sector Information Directive where she publicly criticized the Swedish government for resisting the proposed changes in access and cost regimes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dik.se/artikel/13900/sverige-blockerar-utvecklingen-inom-oppen-data%E2%80%A8%E2%80%A8 |title=Sverige blockerar utvecklingen inom öppen data? |first=Amelia |last=Andersdotter |publisher=DIK |date=2012-06-05 |accessdate=2012-07-16 |language=Swedish|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130116043450/http://www.dik.se/artikel/13900/sverige-blockerar-utvecklingen-inom-oppen-data%E2%80%A8%E2%80%A8|archive-date=2013-01-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is also a supporter of public investments in fibre-to-the-home infrastructures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ameliaandersdotter.eu/2012/07/13/ambition-required-pushing-for-faster-internet.html |title=Ambition required: pushing for faster internet |first=Julien |last=Bencze |date=2012-06-13 |accessdate=2012-07-16}}</ref>
Other areas she worked on include a proposal for a recast of the Union's Re-use of Public Sector Information Directive where she publicly criticized the Swedish government for resisting the proposed changes in access and cost regimes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dik.se/artikel/13900/sverige-blockerar-utvecklingen-inom-oppen-data%E2%80%A8%E2%80%A8 |title=Sverige blockerar utvecklingen inom öppen data? |first=Amelia |last=Andersdotter |publisher=DIK |date=2012-06-05 |access-date=2012-07-16 |language=sv|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116043450/http://www.dik.se/artikel/13900/sverige-blockerar-utvecklingen-inom-oppen-data%E2%80%A8%E2%80%A8|archive-date=2013-01-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is also a supporter of public investments in fibre-to-the-home infrastructures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ameliaandersdotter.eu/2012/07/13/ambition-required-pushing-for-faster-internet.html |title=Ambition required: pushing for faster internet |first=Julien |last=Bencze |date=2012-06-13 |access-date=2012-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160136/https://ameliaandersdotter.eu/2012/07/13/ambition-required-pushing-for-faster-internet.html |archive-date=2018-01-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


=== Awards ===
=== Awards ===
* Top Ten Internet Activists of 2012, ''[[The Daily Dot]]'' <ref name=Collier>{{cite web|last=Collier|first=Kevin|title=The top 10 most influential Internet rights activists in 2012|url=http://www.dailydot.com/society/top-10-internet-rights-activists-2012/|work=Society|publisher=The Daily Dot|accessdate=3 January 2013}}</ref>
* Top Ten Internet Activists of 2012, ''[[The Daily Dot]]'' <ref name=Collier>{{cite web|last=Collier|first=Kevin|title=The top 10 most influential Internet rights activists in 2012|url=http://www.dailydot.com/society/top-10-internet-rights-activists-2012/|work=Society|date=28 December 2012 |publisher=The Daily Dot|access-date=3 January 2013}}</ref>

== Post-parliamentary work ==

After working in the European Parliament, Amelia was a guest researcher at [[Centre for Internet and Society (India)]] and technical standards researcher at [[Article19]] and [[ANEC (organisation)]]. She made large contributions to the IEEE 802E Privacy Recommendations standard as well as the ISO PC 3117 committee work on privacy and security for home internet-of-things appliances. In later years, she has continued technical standards work to promote power saving features and sustainable hardware on behalf of the operator and device manufacturer communities.

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== Personal life ==
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Amelia Andersdotter was born on 30 August 1987 at the [[Uppsala University Hospital|Academical Hospital]] in [[Uppsala]], Sweden, the first of three children. Her mother, Lotta Lille, is a journalist, and her father, Anders Lundquist, is a teacher and chess tutor. Her sisters are Ulrika and Karolina. She also has a half-brother on her father's side, Eirik Lundquist. After graduating at Rosendalsgymnasiet in Uppsala, she attended [[Lund University|university]] in Lund, where she studied [[mathematics]], [[physics]], [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] and [[business law]]. However, Amelia was elected before completing her studies.<ref name="Lundagård">{{cite web |url=http://www.lundagard.se/2009/06/01/amelia-20/ |title=Amelia 2.0 |first=Viktor |last=Ström |date=1 June 2009 |work=Lundagård |language=sv}}</ref>

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She has lived in many parts of Europe and India, including [[Lund]], [[Uppsala]], [[Bucharest]], [[Ghent]], [[Bangalore]] and [[Brussels]].


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Pirate Party]]
* [[Pirate Party]]
* [[File sharing]]
* [[File sharing]]
* [[Christian Engström]]
* [[Anna Troberg]]


== References ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/108570/amelia_andersdotter_home.html|Official webpage}} at [[European Parliament]]
* {{Official website|http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/108570/amelia_andersdotter_home.html|Official webpage}} at [[European Parliament]]
* [https://stenskott.wordpress.com/ Stenskott] {{sv icon}}, a public policy blog Andersdotter contributed to until January 2012.
* [https://stenskott.wordpress.com/ Stenskott] {{in lang|sv}}, a public policy blog Amelia contributed to until January 2012.


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This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by her given name, Amelia, and not as Andersdotter.
Amelia Andersdotter
Member of the European Parliament
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Academical Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Amelia Anna Matilda Katarina Andersdotter (born 30 August 1987 in Uppsala) is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament (2011–2014), elected on the Pirate Party list in the 2009 election.

Political career

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Amelia Andersdotter in 2014

Amelia joined the Piratpartiet shortly after its formation in 2006. From June 2007 to March 2010 she was the international coordinator of Ung Pirat, the party's youth wing. In this capacity she coordinated contacts with other groups in Sweden, other pirate political movements around the world, and the organization's international policy viewpoints.

In 2009, she was named the second candidate on Piratpartiet's list for the European Parliament elections in June of that year. While Piratpartiet did not gain enough votes for a second MEP under the treaty of Nice, they did get enough votes to award her a seat under the terms of the new treaty of Lisbon that was to come into effect December that year. Difficulties with the ratification process of the treaty of Lisbon meant that the seat would not be granted until December 2011.[1] From 2011 to 2014, she was the youngest member of the European Parliament.[2]

In the interim period between her election and her inauguration, she spent much time travelling to different parts of the world talking about her experiences as a young politician and as an advocate of new ideas in information policy. Amongst others the Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria[3] and a visit to South Korea[4] in 2010, which later inspired her political involvement on the Korean peninsula delegation in the European Parliament. She also travelled extensively inside Europe during this time, involving herself in the work of Pirate Parties around Europe.

During her term in office, she focused her efforts around information policy. She was a part of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She was also a substitute member of the Committee on International Trade and the Committee on Budgetary Control. She also served as a full member of the parliamentary delegation to the Korean peninsula, and a substitute member of the delegation for the Andean community.[5]

A longtime critic of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, her advice to reject it was carried by the ITRE committee, the first of parliamentary committees to propose a rejection of the agreement. Other committees soon followed in the rejection.[6] The agreement was soundly rejected by the European Parliament.[7]

Other areas she worked on include a proposal for a recast of the Union's Re-use of Public Sector Information Directive where she publicly criticized the Swedish government for resisting the proposed changes in access and cost regimes.[8] She is also a supporter of public investments in fibre-to-the-home infrastructures.[9]

Awards

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Post-parliamentary work

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After working in the European Parliament, Amelia was a guest researcher at Centre for Internet and Society (India) and technical standards researcher at Article19 and ANEC (organisation). She made large contributions to the IEEE 802E Privacy Recommendations standard as well as the ISO PC 3117 committee work on privacy and security for home internet-of-things appliances. In later years, she has continued technical standards work to promote power saving features and sustainable hardware on behalf of the operator and device manufacturer communities.

Personal life

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Amelia Andersdotter was born on 30 August 1987 at the Academical Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden, the first of three children. Her mother, Lotta Lille, is a journalist, and her father, Anders Lundquist, is a teacher and chess tutor. Her sisters are Ulrika and Karolina. She also has a half-brother on her father's side, Eirik Lundquist. After graduating at Rosendalsgymnasiet in Uppsala, she attended university in Lund, where she studied mathematics, physics, Spanish and business law. However, Amelia was elected before completing her studies.[11]

She has lived in many parts of Europe and India, including Lund, Uppsala, Bucharest, Ghent, Bangalore and Brussels.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "18 new MEPs to arrive next month". EUobserver. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ^ Ernesto (20 November 2011). "Pirate To Join European Parliament As Youngest Member". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Amelia Andersdotter: "Repair" democracy". 17 September 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Illegal downloads? Refuse to accept copyright". gimsiyeon (in Korean). 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Amelia ANDERSDOTTER". European Parliament. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Acta: Piracy treaty dealt critical blows in EU votes". BBC News. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  7. ^ "European Parliament rejects ACTA". European Parliament. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  8. ^ Andersdotter, Amelia (5 June 2012). "Sverige blockerar utvecklingen inom öppen data?" (in Swedish). DIK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  9. ^ Bencze, Julien (13 June 2012). "Ambition required: pushing for faster internet". Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  10. ^ Collier, Kevin (28 December 2012). "The top 10 most influential Internet rights activists in 2012". Society. The Daily Dot. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  11. ^ Ström, Viktor (1 June 2009). "Amelia 2.0". Lundagård (in Swedish).
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