Jonas Andersson | |
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| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Constituency | Östergötland County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1989-10-04)4 October 1989 (age 36) Eskilstuna, Sweden |
| Political party | Sweden Democrats |
| Alma mater | Linköping University |
Jonas Peter Andersson (born 4 October 1989) is a Swedish politician. He has been a member of theRiksdag for theSweden Democrats since 2018.[1]
He is referred to asJonas Andersson i Linghem orJonas Andersson i Linköping to distinguish him fromJonas Andersson i Skellefteå (born 1972), another member of the Riksdag.[1]
Andersson was born inEskilstuna and holds a PhD in political science fromLinköping University. He is chairman of the Sweden Democrats inLinköping and has been a member of Linköping City Council since 2010 and a member of the regional council in the Östergötland region. In the2018 Swedish general election, Andersson was elected to the Swedish Parliament.[2] In October 2018,Expressen revealed that Andersson had expressed controversial comments that were deemed racist on the Swedish blogsitePolitically Incorrect in 2010. The SD's leadership held talks with Andersson, who expressed regret and publicly apologized.[3]