Mats Olof Pertoft (born 1954) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national

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. A member of the

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, he represented

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between October 2006 and October 2010 and between September 2011 and September 2014. He was also a substitute member of the Riksdag for Annika Hirvonen twice: between December 2015 and August 2016; and between October 2017 and April 2018. Pertoft is the son of engineer Curt Pertoft and

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Maj-Britt Pertoft (née Walldén). He was educated in

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and in

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. He studied

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and

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at Rudolf Steiner University College. He was a port worker in Gothenburg (1979-1981), a

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(1980-1981), a teacher in Järna (1985-1986), a eurythmy teacher in Stockholm (1986-1990), a teacher and finance manager in Järna (1990-1997) and a finance manager in Ängsholm, Mörkö (1997-2000). He was appointed as a political advisor to the Prime Minister's Office (''Statsrådsberedningen'') in 2016. He was a member of the

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from 1994 to 2009. Hee was a member of the

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from 1998 to 2002.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pertoft, Mats 1954 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2006–2010 Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag from the Green Party