Mattias Bäckström Johansson

Mattias Bäckström Johansson
Secretary-General of the Sweden Democrats
Assumed office
17 October 2022
Party LeaderJimmie Åkesson
Preceded byRichard Jomshof
Deputy Leader of the Sweden Democrats
in the Riksdag
In office
25 November 2019 – 25 October 2022
Party LeaderJimmie Åkesson
Riksdag LeaderHenrik Vinge
Preceded byHenrik Vinge
Succeeded byLinda Lindberg
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
29 September 2014
ConstituencyKalmar County (2018– )
Västernorrland County (2014–2018)
Personal details
Born
Anders Torleif Mattias Bäckström Johansson

(1985-07-25) 25 July 1985 (age 38)
Järfälla, Sweden
Political partySweden Democrats
Parents
  • Torleif Johansson
  • Cecilia Bäckström[1]
Alma materKalmar Maritime University (Linnaeus University)
OccupationReactor operator

Anders Torleif Mattias Bäckström Johansson (born 25 July 1985) is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats. He has served as Secretary-General of the Sweden Democrats since 2022, having previously served as Deputy Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2019 to 2022.[2] He has been Member of the Riksdag since September 2014, representing Västernorrland County 2014–2018 and Kalmar County from 2018 onwards. He currently takes up seat number 256 in the Riksdag.

Biography[edit]

Bäckström Johansson studied marine engineering at the Kalmar Maritime University (a branch of Linnaeus University) and worked as a power station reactor operator at the Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant.[3][4]

He is a member of the municipal council for Oskarshamn Municipality for the Sweden Democrats, having first been elected in 2006. From 2010 until 2014 Bäckström Johansson was also a member of the regional council for Kalmar County.[1]

He was first elected to the Riksdag during the 2014 Swedish general election and has been a member of the Industry and Trade Committee since. He is also a member of War Delegation since April 2020, and a member of the Valprövningsnämnden [sv] (The Election Review Board) since March 2019, a position he was previously an alternate for.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Mattias Bäckström Johansson (SD)". www.riksdagen.se. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ Mattias Bäckström Johansson (SD) blir ny vice gruppledare 2019-11-29 (in Swedish)
  3. ^ "Åtta ingenjörer på riksdagslistorna i Örebro län". 15 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Det här vill riksdagens ingenjörer genomföra". Retrieved 8 February 2024.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Deputy Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag
2019–2022
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Sweden Democrats
2022–
Incumbent