Johnny Svedin (born 1969) is a Swedish politician of the
Sweden Democrats party who has been a member of the
Riksdag since 2022 representing the
Norrbotten constituency.[1][2]
Biography
Svedin is a specialist
psychiatric nurse and has worked as a
psychiatrist with young people. He has described mental health and youth issues as concerns which motivated his interest in politics.[3] He first joined the Sweden Democrats after attending a party meeting with a friend in 2016 and has described himself as a
social conservative "with one foot in the bourgeoisie (conservative) but where at the same time you have a lot of social safety nets left."[4]
In 2018, Svedin was elected as a municipal councilor for the SD in
Nybro where he also served on the party's executive board and later became the SD's spokesman in Nybro. He stood down from the position in 2021 after moving to
Kalmar.[4][5] He was elected as a member of parliament during the
2022 Swedish general election.[6]