Jens Bertil Georg Nilsson (25 September 1948 – 13 March 2018) was a Swedish politician who served as a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

(MEP) for

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from 2009 to 2018. He was a member of the

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, part of the

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. He was elected a

(MEP) in the 2009 election, taking up his seat on 1 December 2011 on an additional seat to Sweden after the

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had entered into force. He served as member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on Regional Development and the Delegation for relations with Belarus. In addition to his committee assignments, he served as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Social Economy. Jens Nilsson was born in

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and was raised in

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. He was trained as a youth pedagog and was Chairman of the Council of

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1997-2009. He was elected chairman of the Jämtland party district of the

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in 2007. He died on 13 March 2018, aged 69.

References

External links

Jens Nilsson on the European Parliament webpage (Swedish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Jens 1948 births 2018 deaths MEPs for Sweden 2009–2014 Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians MEPs for Sweden 2014–2019 People from Västervik Articles containing video clips