Wenneberg will remove posts featuring privately owned houses

Alternative MP Signe Wenneberg says she will remove all social media posts featuring privately owned houses after criticism, DR reports.

Wenneberg made the announcement on Thursday’s edition of P1 Debate. She said she was working to remove anything that could offend someone and acknowledged that the task would take time.

She has shared before-and-after pictures of building projects that she considers harmful to the climate with her 174,000 Instagram followers. Wenneberg said she would continue posting pictures of demolitions carried out by municipalities or commercial organisations.

The decision follows criticism from homeowner Jannie Jelkvist, who said she felt shamed by Wenneberg and intends to report her to police for defamation and a violation of privacy. Wenneberg posted a picture of Jelkvist’s house on Facebook on Friday, along with its street name and a comment about a new house replacing a “perfect brick house”. Jelkvist said some pictures may have been taken from inside her garden.

Jelkvist has also said the old house was so run-down that it had to be demolished and replaced. Wenneberg initially apologised and deleted her post on Saturday, but shared it again on Monday evening alongside a post supporting her campaign from the daughter of the former owner of the demolished house. The post was no longer on Wenneberg’s social media accounts on Thursday.

Speaking on P1 Debate, Wenneberg said she was very sorry that individual homeowners had been upset. She said her focus had been on the houses and the climate impact of building new homes when existing ones could have been preserved. She said she regretted the post about Jelkvist’s house and had made a mistake.