The union council, Fullmäktige (FuM), is the highest decision-making body of Medicinska Föreningen (MF). FuM consists of MF members that together make the large decisions regarding the student union that affect the student life, study environment as well as education at Karolinska Institutet.
FuM can have up to 23 members and an equal number of substitutes. FuM consists of both members appointed in a general election as well as members appointed by the sections. The general election, the union election – kårvalet, is organised by the Election Commission in October each year. All students at Karolinska Institutet who are members of MF can send in their candidacy for a seat in FuM as well as vote in the union election. 12 of the 23 mandates in FuM are reserved for the sections, and the remaining mandates go to members appointed in the general election. At their first meeting, FuM elects the speaker, vice speaker and secretary who lead the FuM meetings.
FuM meets at least three times per semester to discuss and decide on the overall issues concerning the entire student union, such as the budget, activity plan and election of positions of trust. All MF members are welcome to the FuM meetings, but only members of FuM and union bodies and the Inspector and the Board have the right to speak. The members of FuM are the only ones who can vote. The documents of FuM are in Swedish, but the spoken language at meetings is usually English.
According to 5.5 in the Medicinska Föreningen bylaws (stadgar) a member or union body can put forward a motion to Fullmäktige. The motion is to be sent to the Board latest 21 days before the Fullmäktige meeting where the question is to be discussed. Motions and questions are sent to [email protected].
The meetings of Fullmäktige are led by the speaker who adjusts the voters’ roll, inquires whether the meeting has been properly proclaimed and administers the election of two adjusters and vote counters. Speaker of Fullmäktige as of 2006 is Jens Andersson. Assisting him is vice speaker Lovisa Hagenfeldt, as well as the secretary of MF Madina Kozhayeva.
According to the bylaws of Medicinska Föreningen, 12 of the 23 seats in the union council are reserved for the sections. All section boards may elect a section representative and a substitute to represent the section in FuM.
A substitute is personal and can only accede when the section’s regular representative is absent.
Adjusted meeting minutes with attachments can be found in the document cabinet at the student union service desk in Kårhuset in Solna. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Meeting minutes 2020/21
Meeting minutes 2018/19
Previous speakers & vice speakers
2003-2005
Carl Tullus
2001-2002
Fredrik Erlandsson
1978-2000
Jan-Erik Frödin
2020/2021
Jessica Härtell
2019/2020
Leif Karlsson
2018/2019
Laura Andersson
Fullmäktige 2021/22
Talman: Jens Andersson
Vice talman: Vakant
Sekreterare: Louice Jansson
The Fullmäktige that was elected during the October 2021 union election was disestablished during the union meeting the 6th of January 2022. A new election of Fullmäktige 2021/2022 was held between the 13th and 20th of February 2022.
Total votes: 1946
Participation: 525 persones (24,36%)
Of the 15 reseved section mandates, 12 mandates was appointed. The remaining 17 mandates was used during the general election.
| Members appointed during the general election | Number of votes (in percent of the total amount of votes) |
| Timo Oostervald Sara Klyvare Amanda Wannerholt Anahita Amirpour Alessandra Ljung Gustav Lundvall Manouk Verhoeven Abdulmalik Mahdi Sebastian Ols Edvin Edung Nita Dushi Alexandra Jänis Mirco Martino Casper Carlsén Wilhelm Jönne August Lundquist Wilma Lindström |
26,10% 22,90% 19,40% 18,30% 17,90% 15,60% 15,00% 14,50% 14,10% 13,30% 13,10% 13,00% 11,80% 11,60% 11,40% 11,20% 10,70% |
| Substitutes appointed in the general election |
| 1:a suppleant: Zusanna Bjurenfalk 2:a suppleant: Catalina Wirth 3:e suppleant: Linus Hovmöller Zou 4:e suppleant: Frank Ogiemwonyi 5:e suppleant: Hanna Gräs 6:e suppleant: Tina Rezaei 7:e suppleant: Adena Pepich 8:e suppleant: Ridita Khan 9:e suppleant: Leslie Nkwonia 10:e suppleant: Eric Bromming 11:e suppleant: Gottfrid Rehnman 12:e suppleant: Akshana Mahalingam 13:e suppleant: Zehra Nazar 14:e suppleant: Mert Uzel 15:e suppleant: Karl Karlshammar 16:e suppleant: Heaven Weldeslasie 17:e suppleant: Samreen Malik |
According to the bylaws of Medicinska Föreningen, 15 of the 29 seats in the union council are reserved for the sections. All section boards may elect a section representative and a substitute to represent the section in FuM.
The three largest sections; the Medical Students’ Section (LS), the Doctoral Students’ Association (DSA) and the Biomedical Educational Section (BUS) may appoint an extra regular member and an extra substitute. A substitute is personal and can only accede when the section’s regular representative is absent.
| Sektion | Sektionsrepresentant | Personlig suppleant |
| Artemis | – | – |
| AS | – | – |
| BAS | Tove Persson | Deni Rashid |
| BUS | Sofia de Carvalho Martins Neves Pinto Iris Hanoune |
Julia Terpinska – |
| DSA | Ioanna Tsea Luca Love |
Lara Sweetapple Jan Reising |
| FOVET/PHS | Konstantinos Kalaitzidis | – |
| Fysio | – | – |
| LS | Naixuan Pei Ahmad Al Eid |
– – |
| LoS | Wilma Ahlberg | Ida Risku |
| Kaustika | Younes Merouani | Mikaela Kruger |
| PsyKI | Philip Lindersten | Johan Helander |
| SSEK | Magnus Hellström | Elin Törnqvist |
Fullmäktige 2020/21
Talman: Jens Andersson
Vice talman: Jessica Härtell
Sekreterare: Evelyn Olander
Totalt antal röster: 788
Valdeltagande: 342 personer (14,7%)
Antal kandidater i det allmänna valet: 16
15 av Fullmäktiges 29 mandat var reserverade för sektionsrepresentanter. Sektionerna tillsatte 11 mandat och därmed fanns 18 mandat att tillsättas genom det allmänna valet. Samtliga kandidater i det allmänna valet blev valda till ledamöter.
| Ledamöter utsedda i allmänna valet | Antal röster (procent av det totala antalet röster) |
| Vito Marquez | 153 (19,4%) |
| Erik Söderlund | 65 (8,2%) |
| Leonie Vetter | 59 (7,5%) |
| Matilda Kjellander | 56 (7,1%) |
| Andreas Henriksson | 55 (7,0%) |
| Jan Philipp Reising | 55 (7,0%) |
| Mirco Martino | 54 (6,9%) |
| Sebastian Ols | 52 (6,6%) |
| Constance Boissin | 51 (6,5%) |
| Zusanna Bjurenfalk | 37 (4,7%) |
| Naela Hagatulah | 35 (4,4%) |
| Alexander Klaréus | 34 (4,3%) |
| Kajsa Oltorp | 30 (3,8%) |
| Oscar Dwyer | 26 (3,3%) |
| Gabriel Allgårdh | 15 (1,8%) |
| Nils Werge | 7 (0,9%) |
| Blanka röster | 4 (0,5%) |
| Sektion | Sektionsrepresentant | Personlig suppleant |
| Artemis | – | – |
| AS | – | – |
| BAS | Deni Rashid | – |
| BUS | Benjamin Maier Tim Häneke |
– – |
| DSA | Gabriele Girelli Roberto Ballerino |
Dina Dabaghie Yangjun Liu |
| FOVET/PHS | Alexa Zamfir | Alice Sherbro |
| Fysio | Magnus Emanuelson | – |
| LS | Alexander Liimatainen Hedieh Mohammadi |
Ib Green-Petersen Kimia Dianat |
| LoS | – | – |
| Kaustika | Alexandra Holm | Rebecca Pennerud |
| PsyKI | Mikaela Thomson | Johan Helander |
| SSEK | – | – |
Fullmäktige members 2019/20
Talman: Jens Andersson
Vice talman: Leif Karlsson
Sekreterare: Puck Norell (2019), Evelyn Olander (2020)
Antal kandidater i det allmänna valet: 12
Valdeltagande: 321 personer (13,3%)
Totalt antal röster: 745
Antal röster per person i genomsnitt: 2,32 (min 0 röster, max 5 röster per person)
Alla kandidater i det allmänna valet tilldelades ett mandat. 15 av Fullmäktiges 29 mandat är reserverade för sektioner och kommer att tillsättas senast den 7 november.
| Ledamöter allmänna valet | Antal röster (procent av det totala antalet röster) |
| Pinja Ruuhinen Anne Östholm Astrid Östholm Kajsa Sandell Robert D. Lilford Zusanna Bjurenfalk Sarah Ahmad Awad Marta Matlacz Victor Svedberg Alexander Klaréus Anders Norell Bergendahl Michelle Estman |
94 (29,3%) 87 (27,1%) 87 (27,1%) 71 (22,1%) 62 (19,3%) 55 (17,1%) 49 (15,3%) 49 (15,3%) 48 (15,0%) 44 (13,7%) 32 (10,0%) 27 (8,4%) |
| Suppleanter allmänna valet |
| Inga |
Sektionerna tilldelas mandat utifrån storlek, dvs antal medlemmar. De tre största sektionerna Doktorandsektionen (DSA), Läkarsektionen (LS) och Biomedicinska Utbildningssektionen (BUS) tilldelades två mandat per sektion och de övriga sektionerna tilldelades ett mandat per sektion. Varje sektion tilldelades också en suppleantplats per mandat. Suppleanten är personlig för sektionen och kan endast tillträda när sektionens ordinarie ledamot är frånvarande.
| Sektion | Sektionsrepresentant |
| Artemis AS BAS BUS BUS DSA DSA Fysio Kaustika LS LS LoS PHS PsyKI SSEK |
Gabriel Zazi Vakant Jelena Krsmanovic Nassai Herren Lukas Lehtonen Abishek Arora Jan Phillip Rensing Anna Sigesgård Amelia Sjölund Hans Witzenhausen Vakant Vakant Julie Viollet Fredrik Nilsson Carlo Rivera Carrera |
| Sektion | Personliga suppleanter |
| Artemis AS BAS BUS BUS DSA DSA Fysio Kaustika LS LS LoS PHS PsyKI SSEK |
Vakant Vakant Vakant Hanna Lundvik Media Salmonson Schaad Mirco Martino Sebastian Ols Magnus Emanuelson Cajsa Holmgren Alexander Johansen Vakant Vakant Vakant Darya Pelevina Vakant |
Fullmäktige members 2018/19
Votes in total: 919
Voting participation: 308 persons (11,56%)
Number of votes per person in average: 2,98 (min 0 votes, max 5 votes per person)
Number of candidates in the public election: 17
All candidates in the public election were assigned a mandate. 15 of the union council’s 29 mandates were reserved for the sections, of which ten were appointed. Three of the remaining mandates were filled by candidates from the general election and twomandates remain vacant for the rest of the mandate period.
| Members general election | Number of votes (percent of total votes) |
| Alice Weréen Anton Hoffman Hannes Eichner Itisha Adhikari Gustav Carlstedt Finn Wiesinger Hanna Eklund Robert Lilford Kaj Li Marta Matlacz Omid Hajimirsadeghi Katarina Markus Jesus Gullon Sanz Sara Fakih Anders Norell Bergendahl Emmanuel Zavalis Michelle Estman |
98 (10,66%) 93 (10,12%) 81 (8,81%) 64 (6,96%) 63 (6,86%) 63 (6,86%) 60 (6,53%) 58 (6,31%) 57 (6,20%) 56 (6,09%) 54 (5,88%) 51 (5,55%) 40 (4,35%) 28 (3,05%) 22 (2,39%) 19 (2,07%) 12 (1,31%) |
| Substitutes general election |
| None |
The sections are assigned mandates by size, e.g. number of members. The three largest sections, the Doctoral Students Association (DSA), the Medical Students’ Section (LS) and the Biomedical Section (BUS) were assigned two mandates per section, and all other sections were assigned one mandate per section. Each section were also assigned one substitute per mandate, the substitute is personal for the section and can only accede when the section’s ordinary member is absent.
| Section representatives | Section |
| Amineh Ghaderi Henna Salo Sarah Awad Alexander Johansen Simon Jakobsson Björkén Adelina Vikström Pinja Ruuhinen Sandra Elert Elin Frisell |
DSA DSA LS LS BUS BUS PsyKI LoS Fysio |
| Personal substitutes | Section |
| Lie Åslund Maren Gerdes Sylvya Pasca Isabell Hammarlund |
DSA BUS BUS LoS |
If you consider the polling of this election to have violated the bylaws of Medicinska Föreningen, you may contact Valnämnden via [email protected].
Medicinska Föreningen i Stockholm (MF) is the largest student union at Karolinska Institutet (KI) and together we work daily to make your time here as great as possible. MF monitors the education at KI and makes sure that they keep a high standard and that all students are well taken care of.
