Johnny Skalin
Hans Johnny Skalin | |
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 Johnny Skalin's official portrait Picture: Sveriges riksdag | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 2010–2022 | |
| Constituency | Halland County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1978 Västernorrland County |
| Political party | Sweden Democrats |
Hans Johnny Skalin (born April 1, 1978) is a Swedish politician who was a member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party between 2010 and 2022.
Skalin was first elected to parliament during the 2010 Swedish general election. He was initially elected to the constituency of Östergötland County but switched to represent Västernorrland County in 2014. He was the SD's temporary economic spokesman after Erik Almqvist resigned from the position following the iron pipe scandal until Sven-Olof Sällström was appointed as a full-time replacement. Skalin also unsuccessfully stood for the SD during the 2014 European Parliament election and was the third candidate on the party's ballot.[1]
In parliament, Skalin is a member of the EU Committee and a deputy in the Riksdag Foreign Affairs Committee.[2][3]
Skalin has also called for Sweden to drastically cut down on its immigration and asylum seeker intake.[4] Skalin chose not to stand for re-election ahead of the 2022 Swedish general election.[5]
In 2019, Skalin began a relationship with local Swedish Social Democrats politician and employee Nina Burchardt. After publicly announcing the relationship, Burchardt was forced to resign her duties because of the relationship with a Riksdag member from a different party and because of Skalin's association with the Sweden Democrats.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Larsson, Mats J. (17 January 2012). "SD får ny ekonomisk-politisk talesman". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Johnny Skalin (SD) - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Han tar över i SD efter Erik Almqvist". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Dagens Nyheter, onsdag den 13 oktober 2010, sidan 9
- ^ "Här är Sverigedemokraternas riksdagslista". 23 February 2022.
- ^ Waldetoft, William; Söderlind, Martina (12 November 2019). "S-politiker blev kär i Sverigedemokrat – tvingas lämna sina uppdrag" [S-politician fell in love with Sweden Democrat - forced to leave his posts]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 January 2022.