Alice Teodorescu
Alice Teodorescu in Stockholm in March 2014
Born
Alexandra Teodorescu

(1984-05-02) 2 May 1984
Bucharest, Romania
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Lawyer, commentator
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Alexandra "Alice" Teodorescu (born 2 May 1984) is a Romanian-Swedish legal professional with the Företagarna organisation of Swedish entrepreneurs and a liberal-conservative commentator on social and political issues.

Early life

Teodorescu was born in Bucharest, Romania, but came to Sweden as a child in 1989 and was raised in Lund.[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 Svenskt Näringsliv 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 "has made herself known as a provocative and fearless liberal debater".[2] She has 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]

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 3 "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). Enplatsihimlen.se. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  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.

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