Dilsa Demirbag-Sten is a Kurdish-Swedish author and journalist.
She is the Secretary General of Berättarministeriet, a foundation she co-founded together with Robert Weil and Sven Hagströmer in 2011.
In 2019, she became a member of the Swedish Press Council and is a member of the reference group for the Swedish government agency Delegation against segregation since 2018.
She is also a member of the expert council to The Swedish Crown Princess Couple's Foundation.
Dilsa Demirbag-Sten is a former member of the Swedish Globalization Council, has been a member of the reference group for the Swedish government agency Kulturrådet.
Demirbag-Sten is a former board member of the AllBright foundation and is a former board member of Riksteatern, the Swedish Institute, Linnéuniversitetet, the Swedish Red Cross, the Swedish Humanist Association and the think tank FORES.
Demirbag-Sten's has a background within journalism and has been a frequent contributor in Swedish newspapers such as Expressen, Östgöta Correspondenten, Göteborgs-Posten, Dagens Nyheter, Fokus and Axess.
She has worked at Riksteatern, Amnesty International and as a special adviser to the former Swedish Minister for Integration Leif Blomberg.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history from Stockholm University.