Johnny Svedin
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
26 September 2022
ConstituencyNorrbotten
Personal details
Born1969
Political partySweden Democrats
OccupationPsychiatrist

Johnny Svedin (born 1969) is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats party who has been a member of the Riksdag since 2022 representing the Norrbotten constituency.[1][2]

Biography

Svedin is a specialist psychiatric nurse and has worked as a psychiatrist with young people. He has described mental health and youth issues as concerns which motivated his interest in politics.[3] He first joined the Sweden Democrats after attending a party meeting with a friend in 2016 and has described himself as a social conservative "with one foot in the bourgeoisie (conservative) but where at the same time you have a lot of social safety nets left."[4]

In 2018, Svedin was elected as a municipal councilor for the SD in Nybro where he also served on the party's executive board and later became the SD's spokesman in Nybro. He stood down from the position in 2021 after moving to Kalmar.[4][5] He was elected as a member of parliament during the 2022 Swedish general election.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Här är Sveriges nya riksdag – ledamot för ledamot". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Invalda ledamöter 2022". Riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Johnny Sweden". Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b ""Thinking differently is no reason to be rude"". Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ "SD politician in Nybro leaves the party". Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ "De kandiderar till riksdagen för SD – länstoppen får framskjuten placering". Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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