Märta Stenevi is a Swedish politician who served as a Member of Parliament and as one of the two spokespersons of the Swedish Green Party (Miljöpartiet de gröna).
In her book Andas. Överlev. (Breathe. Survive.), she describes her experience of internal power struggles, organisational silence, anonymous accusations, media leaks, and sustained psychological pressure within her own party. The book is not presented here as proof that she was right in every judgement she made. Rather, it is valued as a first-hand account of how a senior politician experienced the internal dynamics of a political power structure when she attempted to address what she regarded as structural problems.
Within the Realpolitik project, Märta Stenevi is therefore treated as a case study rather than as a political role model. Her testimony illustrates a recurring institutional pattern in which criticism is not answered through open dialogue but is instead redirected towards the critic through organisational silence, anonymous accusations, media narratives, and psychological pressure.
Her experience is examined alongside those of Jody Wilson-Raybould (Canada), Rory Stewart (United Kingdom), and Julia Gillard (Australia) in the essay Realpolitik, Four Countries, and Four Politicians, which explores how similar patterns can emerge across different democratic systems when realpolitik takes precedence over accountability, transparency, and open dialogue.