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Among other things, she worked as an expert in the Government Offices with responsibility for Vattenfall under the previous centre-right government. Widding made herself known to the public by pointing out Vattenfall's extremely costly purchase of the Dutch energy company Nuon as a major loss for the Swedish state. Today, Elsa Widding is seriously concerned about how climate research is being distorted even before it reaches the UN climate panel IPCC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A more detailed description of Elsa can be found on the SwebbTV summer programme for this year <a href=\"https:\/\/swebbtv.se\/w\/envLv4RrmkCkG1xcXZRmiQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/swebbtv.se\/w\/hA7HQRHJSTvPPm96UGSCyH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elsa Widding kommer fr\u00e5n G\u00f6teborg men har bott flera \u00e5r i Stockholm. H\u00f6sten 2022 st\u00e4llde Elsa upp i riksdagsvalet f\u00f6r SD men av olika anledningar valde hon att l\u00e4mna partiet i maj 2023. Sedan dess har hon varit aktiv riksdagsledamot som partil\u00f6s och i maj 2025 grundade hon partiet Ambition Sverige. Elsa \u00e4r energiexpert med [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1480,"parent":451,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"politiker\/elsa-widding.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"local_branch":[],"class_list":["post-157","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elsa Widding - Partiledare f\u00f6r Ambition Sverige<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grundaren av det nya partiet Ambition Sverige, \u00e4r den redan riksk\u00e4nda profilen Elsa Widding, 57.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ambitionsverige.se\/en\/politicians\/elsa-widding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elsa Widding - Partiledare f\u00f6r Ambition Sverige\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grundaren av det nya partiet Ambition Sverige, \u00e4r den redan riksk\u00e4nda profilen Elsa Widding, 57.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ambitionsverige.se\/en\/politicians\/elsa-widding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ambition Sverige\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmbitionSverige\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-16T08:09:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ambitionsverige.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/elsa-widding.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"906\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"906\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ambitionsverige\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/politiker\\\/elsa-widding\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/politiker\\\/elsa-widding\\\/\",\"name\":\"Elsa Widding - Partiledare f\u00f6r Ambition Sverige\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/politiker\\\/elsa-widding\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/politiker\\\/elsa-widding\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/elsa-widding.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-05T17:30:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-16T08:09:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"Grundaren av det nya partiet Ambition Sverige, \u00e4r den redan riksk\u00e4nda profilen Elsa Widding, 57.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/politiker\\\/elsa-widding\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/politiker\\\/elsa-widding\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/politiker\\\/elsa-widding\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/elsa-widding.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/elsa-widding.jpg\",\"width\":906,\"height\":906,\"caption\":\"Elsa Widding - Ambition Sverige\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/politiker\\\/elsa-widding\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Hem\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ambitionsverige.se\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"V\u00e5ra politiker &amp; 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