Anna Troberg
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Anna Troberg, born 9 April 1974 in Landskrona
Landskrona
Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...

, is the party leader of the Swedish Pirate Party. She is also a translator and an author
Author
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. She currently resides in Järfälla, a suburb north of Stockholm
Stockholm
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, Sweden
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Early life and career

Troberg was born in Landskrona
Landskrona
Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...

, but moved to Borlänge
Borlänge
Borlänge is a locality and the seat of Borlänge Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 49200 inhabitants in 2011.- History :Originally Borlänge was the name of a tiny village, and the first historical information about it is from 1390. The village was insignificant up until about 1870...

 at a young age.

She has previously worked as the head of the Swedish branch of a publishing house, but is also credited for having made wedding cakes, sorting mail and studying for a PhD in English.

Pirate Party

Troberg's entry into the Pirate Party has been described as a complete ideological turnaround from the stances associated with her previous publishing career. She challenged the pirates with questions on her blog, and getting them answered to satisfaction, she realized that the pirates were right and that technology had superseded much of copyright law.

Following this, she was invited to get active in the party at management level, and was appointed deputy party leader in 2009. Having worked closely with the previous party leader Rick Falkvinge for 18 months, she stepped up to the party leader position as he resigned on 1 January 2011.

She considers one of her most important tasks as leader of the Pirate Party to add more compassion to pirate politics and go beyond the technical focus.

Troberg is considered to have a more polished appearance than her predecessor.

Personal life

Troberg lives in a row house in Järfälla, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 with her girlfriend and several cats and dogs. She is an avid gamer
Gamer
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 and has been reported to play Oblivion
Oblivion
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 and Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed is an award-winning historical third person, stealth action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The bulk of the game takes place during the Third Crusade, with the plot revolving around a sect known as the Secret Order of...

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See also

  • Pirate Party (Piratpartiet)
  • From Publishing to Piracy, Troberg's own account on how she got involved in pirate politics
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