Mattias Bäckström Johansson Explained

Mattias Bäckström Johansson
Honorific-Suffix:SD
1Blankname:Party Leader
1Namedata:Jimmie Åkesson
Term Start:17 October 2022
Predecessor:Richard Jomshof
Office8:Deputy Leader of the Sweden Democrats
in the Riksdag
1Blankname8:Party Leader
1Namedata8:Jimmie Åkesson
2Blankname8:Riksdag Leader
2Namedata8:Henrik Vinge
Term Start8:25 November 2019
Term End8:25 October 2022
Predecessor8:Henrik Vinge
Successor8:Linda Lindberg
Office9:Member of the Riksdag
Term Start9:29 September 2014
Constituency9:Kalmar County (2018–)
Västernorrland County (2014–2018)
Birth Name:Anders Torleif Mattias Bäckström Johansson
Birth Date:25 July 1985
Birth Place:Järfälla, Sweden
Party:Sweden Democrats
Parents:
  • Torleif Johansson
  • Cecilia Bäckström
Occupation:Reactor operator
Alma Mater:Kalmar Maritime University (Linnaeus University)

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.[1] 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

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.[2] [3]

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.[4]

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 (The Election Review Board) since March 2019, a position he was previously an alternate for.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/smaland/mattias-backstrom-johansson-sd-ny-vice-gruppledare Mattias Bäckström Johansson (SD) blir ny vice gruppledare
  2. Web site: Åtta ingenjörer på riksdagslistorna i Örebro län. 15 August 2018 .
  3. Web site: Det här vill riksdagens ingenjörer genomföra. 8 February 2024.
  4. Web site: Mattias Bäckström Johansson (SD). www.riksdagen.se. 8 February 2024.