Carl Henrik Wilhelm Edin (born 1989) is a Swedish politician who served as a substitute
member of the Riksdag
Members of Parliament (Swedish language, Swedish: ''riksdagsledamöter'', singular: ''riksdagsledamot'') in Sweden sit in the Riksdag.
Description
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(MP) for the
Liberals between March and May 2019. Previously, Edin chaired the party's youth wing—the
Liberal Youth of Sweden—from 2015 to 2016.
Life and career
Carl Henrik Wilhelm Edin was born on April 13, 1989, in Johannebergs församling,
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
, and grew up on the island of
Styrsö.
In 2019, Edin told ''Mitt i Göteborg'' that he had moved around both within Sweden and abroad, but that he always finds himself drawn back to the Swedish archipelagos.
Liberal Youth of Sweden
Edin was a board member of the
Liberal Youth of Sweden (LUF), the youth wing of the
Liberals. In August 2015, he helped organize an opposition campaign to the
Sweden Democrats
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at a subway station in
Östermalmstorg
Östermalmstorg is a square in the district of Östermalm, in Stockholm, Sweden.
It is known principal for Östermalm Market Hall (''Östermalmshallen'') which first opened in 1889. Östermalmshallen's interior is a marketplace for food and ...
. In response to an advertising campaign by SD at the location, Edin and other members of the LUF handed out flyers with the message: "Ledsen för det löjliga meddelandet i taket. Vi har ett stort problem med ett rasistiskt parti i riksdagen" ().
Edin was elected chairman of the LUF by a vote 47-45 at the 2015 annual congress. He beat out the selection committee's endorsed candidate, Anton Wemander Grahm.
Upon his election as chairman, Edin clarified his stance on the legalization of
bestiality, which was an issue debated amongst the youth wing. Edin stated that the congress were actively in debate on how well animal rights laws in Sweden are protecting animals and had concluded that the law on bestiality was redundant, but remarked that he was personally uninterested in the issue.
As chairman, Edin was involved in the leadership of the parent Liberals party.
Edin lost re-election for chair to
Joar Forssell
''Joar'' Nils Arvid Karlsson Forssell (born 17 February 1993) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Swedish parliament. Between 6 August 2016 and 18 August 2019 he was chairperson of LUF, Liberal Youth of Sweden. In the 2018 parliamenta ...
at the 2016 congress, in a vote 60-38. To ''
Aftonbladet
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History and profile
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'', Edin said he was "greatly disappointed" by his loss and worried that battles for the chairperson post could have negative effect on the youth wing and democracy.
Riksdag
Edin was chosen as the Liberals' third candidate for the Riksdag in
Gothenburg Municipality
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When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863 the City of Gothenburg, founde ...
in the
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and
2022 general elections.
In a
political compass test for
Sveriges Television
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in 2022, Edin described himself as neither
left-wing
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nor
right-wing
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, and opposed cooperating with the Sweden Democrats in parliament.
Edin was not elected in either election, but was named as a reserve member to MP
Robert Hannah.
Whilst inactive as a reserve member, Edin worked as a consultant on hiring at IT and telecommunications companies. From March–May 2019, Edin served in the Riksdag whilst Hannah took paternity leave.
References
See also
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List of members of the Riksdag, 2018–2022
External links
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1989 births
Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022
Members of the Riksdag from the Liberals (Sweden)
Politicians from Gothenburg
Living people