Left Party Politician Withdrew Ten Million in Welfare Profits – Husband Bought Porsche

While the Left Party is campaigning to stop all profits in the welfare sector, the party’s own candidate in Trosa, Gerty Fexler Höjer, together with her husband, has withdrawn ten million kronor in dividends from their publicly funded care company. During the refugee crisis, they made their largest profits – and at that time, her husband bought a Porsche Boxster.

The Social Democrats, the Green Party, and the Left Party all want to ban profits in schools, healthcare, and elderly care. “Our collective tax money should go to the operations, not be paid out to private owners” is their key message.

But an investigation commissioned by Expressen reveals a different reality. As many as 229 candidates from the three parties themselves operate limited companies in the welfare sector. One of the most striking examples is Gerty Fexler Höjer, 72, from the Left Party in Trosa, and her husband Ulf Höjer, 82.

The couple runs Familjehemsguiden AB, which is involved in enhanced foster care, placement of foster families, and other licensed care services. Over the last ten years, the company has paid out a total of ten million kronor in dividends. The majority, 8.1 million, has gone to the owners.

The largest profits came during and after the refugee crisis, when the company entered the then lucrative sector of accommodation for unaccompanied minors. Over two years, a total of six million kronor was distributed to the owners.

Bought a Porsche With Taxpayers’ Money

The same year the refugee crisis began, Ulf Höjer bought a Porsche Boxster. Today, he also owns three motorcycles – a Harley Davidson and two BMWs. The company owns a Tesla Model 3 and at the same time leases four other electric cars.

Gerty Fexler Höjer told Expressen that she doesn’t agree with the party’s strict line.

– I myself am not completely against profits in welfare, but there should be a limit on how much can be withdrawn. You should ask my party colleagues what they think; maybe they’ll remove me, but it’s probably too late for that now, right?

When the same newspaper asked Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar about her colleagues’ lucrative deals in the welfare sector, she was visibly surprised.

– Really? That’s more than I know.

Gerty Fexler Höjer previously left politics to focus full-time on the company, which during the refugee crisis in 2016 was named a Gazelle Company by Dagens industri after 625 percent growth. She is now back as a candidate for the Left Party in Trosa.