Gustav Kasselstrand
Gustav Kasselstrand | |
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| Former Chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth | |
| In office 7 February 2011 – 12 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | William Petzäll |
| Succeeded by | Jessica Ohlson |
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| Born | June 27, 1987 Valdemarsvik, Östergötland, Sweden |
| Political party | Sweden Democrats (until 2015) |
Gustav Mattias Anton Kasselstrand (born 27 June 1987)[1] was chairperson of the Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU) from 2011 to 2015 and was political secretary for the Sweden Democrats in the Swedish Riksdag from 1 January 2011 to 21 November 2012.[2]
He became acting chairman of the youth league upon the timeout of William Petzäll due to his alcohol problems in February 2011. He was elected ordinary chairman on 10 September 2011,[3] and re-elected three consecutive times on 1 September 2012,[4] 7 September 2013[5] and 29 November 2014. He resigned on the annual congress on 12 September 2015, having served as the chairman for nearly five years.
In April 2015, Kasselstrand was expelled as a member from the mother party, the Sweden Democrats.[6] The exclusion came after Kasselstrand's fellow colleague and vice chairman of SDU, William Hahne, had been voted the chairman of the Sweden Democrat's Stockholm district, against the will of the mother party leadership. Kasselstrand called the action "undemocratic" and meant that it was all a way for the party leadership to secure their own power and positions, and that they feared the upcoming generation in the youth league to gain more influence. Kasselstrand continued on his position as the chairman for SDU until the ordinary congress in September the same year.
After Kasselstrand resigned on the congress in September 2015, Jessica Ohlson won the election as the new chairman against Tobias Andersson, who had major support from the party leaders in his candidacy. Ohlson is considered to be one of Kasselstrand's closest collaborators, having served as the youth league secretary during Kasselstrand's chairmanship. Only hours after Ohlson had been elected as the new chairperson, the Sweden Democrats announced that they break the ties between the party and the youth league to form a new youth league.[7] Meanwhile, Ohlson declared that she continue to lead the original youth league as an independent youth league. Kasselstrand and Ohlson publicly declared that they "will consider all opportunities" in the future regarding the possibility to form a new political party. Kasselstrand also called for party leader Jimmie Åkesson to resign from his position.
In January 2016, Kasselstrand announced that he had launched a podcast called "Den kokta grodan" (The boiling frog) with Erik Berglund.[8]
References
- ^ Ratsit.se: Gustav Kasselstrand
- ^ Kasselstrand is fired from the parliamentary (Riksdag) offices
- ^ 2011-09-10: SDU elects Kasselstrand as new chairman!
- ^ Kasselstrand survived the coup - re-elected chairman of SDU
- ^ Kasselstrand re-elected for a third term
- ^ Kasselstrand expelled (Swedish) 7 April 2015
- ^ Kasselstrand demands party leader Jimmie Åkessons resignation 12 September 2015
- ^ "Security Check Required". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-01-26.