Sven-Olof Sällström | |
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 Sällström in 2014 | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 4 October 2010 – 14 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Kronoberg County[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1968-10-04)4 October 1968 Ånge, Sweden |
| Died | 14 March 2024(2024-03-14) (aged 55) |
| Political party | Sweden Democrats (from 2006) Centre Party (before 2006) |
Sven-Olof Sällström (4 October 1968 – 14 March 2024) was a Swedish politician who was a member of theRiksdag for theSweden Democrats between 2010 and 2024.
Sällström originally worked as astore manager before his political career. He was a member of theCentre Party and theLiberals before joining the Sweden Democrats in 2006. He unsuccessfully stood for the party during the2009 European Parliament elections before he was elected to the Riksdag during the2010 Swedish general election.[2][3] In 2012, he succeededErik Almqvist as the Sweden Democrats' economic spokesperson after Almqvist was forced to resign as a result of the so-callediron pipe scandal. He held the position until 2014 whenOscar Sjöstedt succeeded him.[4]
Sven-Olof Sällström died of bile duct and liver cancer on 14 March 2024, at the age of 55.[5]