Carl Linus Bylund (born 2 January 1978) is a Swedish politician for the

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(SD). Bylund was elected to the Riksdag in 2014. Prior to that, he served as press secretary for

Jimmie Åkesson Per Jimmie Åkesson (; born 17 May 1979) is a Swedish politician and author, serving as leader of the Sweden Democrats since 2005. He has been a member of the Riksdag (SD) for Jönköping County since 2010. He previously served as leader of the ...

and chief of staff for the SD group in the Riksdag.

Early life

Born in Stockholm, he lived his first year in

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and the rest of his upbringing in Reimersholme in a family that counted five children. His parents were public employees and active in the Swedish Social Democratic Party. At the age of 14, Bylund began listening to the Viking rock band Ultima Thule and this raised for him an interest in

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. In 1997, he got in conflict with policemen outside a pornographic shop. This resulted in a sentence in 2002 for violence against civil servicemen.

Political career

Bylund joined the

in 2002. In the 2010 local elections in Sweden, Bylund topped the Sweden Democrats' list in Stockholm, but the party did not obtain any seats on Stockholm's city council. The party did however for the first time enter the Riksdag and Bylund became press secretary for Jimmy Åkesson; a position that was later changed into a chief of staff role. Some of Bylund's public comments have caused controversy, including a tweet on the day of the

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where he wrote "The next devil that pity all the kind Muslims when bleeding Norwegians are lying in the streets will get unfollowed". The background according to Bylund was that his Twitter feed was filled with tweets that compared the Norway attacks to various bomb attacks in the

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. In the 2014 election he was member of the election preparation committee which nominated the candidates for the party’s lists in the election. Like two other members of the election committee he was at the same a candidate to the Riksdag list himself; something that attracted criticism from some of the party’s grassroots. In 2014, he was elected to the Riksdag where he is a member of the Committee on Social insurance (''Socialförsäkringsutskottet''). Following Åkesson's sick leave due to burnout shortly after the election, Bylund was described in ''

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'' as vital in helping Åkesson through the 2014 campaign; however, Bylund expressed that this was a myth. Together with Tomas Ringdahl, Bylund form the rock duo Korpöga which has made several songs for the Sweden Democrats, including ''"Vi är på gång nu"'' (English: We have something going now) which was played at the Sweden Democrats' campaigns in the

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and

2014 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 14 September 2014 to elect all 349 seats in the Riksdag, alongside elections for the 21 county councils, and 290 municipal assemblies. The centre-right Alliance for Sweden coalition (comprising the ...

Personal life

Bylund has three children from a prior relationship. His interests include fishing.Karin Eriksson (9 September 2014
Doldisen i Åkessons innersta krets söker uppmärksamheten
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'' Retrieved 9 November 2014 Bylund regularly lunches with comedian and Sweden Democrats critic

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; this has gathered attention and was featured in a Sveriges Radio documentary on Ismail in 2013.Sorans kamp!
Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 16 November 2014

References

External links

Linus Bylund
at Riksdagen.se {{DEFAULTSORT:Bylund, Linus 1978 births Living people Politicians from Stockholm 21st-century Swedish politicians Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag from the Sweden Democrats