With less than a year until the Swedish parliamentary elections, parties have started their preparations for the race. This includes the Social Democratic Party, led by Magdalena Andersson, who is working to reorganize her party to win the election and become prime minister.
One prominent figure in the party is Lawen Redar, a Kurdish woman of Kirkuk origin who holds Swedish citizenship. Lawin's father is from the Shiwan district, but she was born in Sweden.
In recent years, Redar has been responsible for the party's cultural portfolio and was recently given the task of presenting the Social Democratic Party's new policy on refugees.
She worked to clarify the party's plans and program regarding refugees and how they would integrate into Swedish society if the party took power. This issue has been a subject of heated political debate in recent years.
On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, Redar was introduced by Andersson as the new refugee integration officer. The position was previously held by Anders Ekman, a long-time Social Democratic politician and activist.
Lawen Redar was born in Sweden but her father is from Kirkuk, Iraq, and her mother is from Iran. Redar's Facebook Account
Redar's promotion to the position will allow her to focus on organizing tours across Sweden to present the party's new policy, relieving her of some parliamentary duties.
This will make refugee integration an independent issue for Redar, after she has worked on labor market and asylum issues for 20 years.
She briefly led the Social Democratic Party's team formulating the party's new policy on refugee integration, which led to her emerging as a prominent new face with a greater role.
In case the party wins the parliamentary elections and Magdalena Andersson becomes prime minister, Redar is expected to be appointed to a ministerial position.
To date, no Kurdish figure has held a ministerial position in Sweden, despite the presence of Kurdish parliamentarians, who have reached five or six members in some parliamentary sessions in the last three decades.
