Cecilia Karin Maria Wikström, née Sundström, originally Nodbjörk (born 17 October 1965) is a Swedish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Sweden, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. She is also a priest in the Church of Sweden and the author of several books. She was married to former Swedish Minister for Education Jan-Erik Wikström from 1995 to 2010, and before that to the Swedish priest Björn Bolin. Wikström got her Bachelor of Theology at the Department of Theology at Uppsala University in 1993. She has had various positions in the Church of Sweden, such as parish minister, university chaplain, prison chaplain, and canon of Uppsala Cathedral. Political career Member of the Swedish Parliament, 2002–2009 Between 2002 and 2009, Wikström was a member of the Swedish Parliament for the Liberal People's Party (today simply the Liberals). She was Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Wikström has been very engaged in questions relating to freedom of expression, in Sweden as well as in other countries. In 2009 Wikström ran for the elections to the European Parliament on 7 June. She was the third name on the Swedish Liberal People's Party list and was elected to represent the party in the European Parliament. Hence, she left her post in the Swedish Parliament in July 2009. Member of the European Parliament, 2009–2019 Wikström is a Member of the European Parliament since 2009. She is a member of the European Parliament group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). In the European Parliament, Wikström was from 2009 to 2014 a full member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), where she also is the coordinator of the ALDE group. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the European Parliament's Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members from 2012 until 2014. In spring 2013, Wikström was appointed to represent the ALDE group in the delegation that negotiated a new agreement between the European Parliament and other institutions on how the European Parliament should have access to classified documents related to the common policy of security and foreign affairs. She was a substitute member of the Delegation to the