Patrik Olof Mikael Engström (born 1968) is a Swedish politician, trade unionist and former member of the

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, the national

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. A member of the

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, he represented

Dalarna County Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to ...

between April 2017 and January 2022. He had previously been a substitute member of the Riksdag for

Peter Hultqvist Carl Anders ''Peter'' Hultqvist (born 31 December 1958) is a Sweden, Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democrats who served as the Minister for Defence (Sweden), Minister for Defence in the Swedish Government from ...

between October 2014 and March 2017. Engström is the son of roadworker Eskil Engström and Irene Engström (née Rosen). He was educated in

Avesta The Avesta (, Book Pahlavi: (), Persian language, Persian: ()) is the text corpus of Zoroastrian literature, religious literature of Zoroastrianism. All its texts are composed in the Avestan language and written in the Avestan alphabet. Mod ...

. He had various jobs at the

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site in Avesta between 1986 and 2014. He was a member of the

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Avesta Municipality Avesta Municipality () is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden. It is in Dalarna County, in the central part of the country, and its seat is in the town of Avesta (locality), Avesta. The municipality in its present size was created in 1967 when t ...

from 2006 to 2014. He is currently a regional co-ordinator for the

IF Metall Industrifacket Metall (IF Metall) is a trade union in Sweden. It was formed in a 2006 merger between the Swedish Industrial Union (Industrifacket) and the Swedish Metalworkers' Union (Metall). Its roots in Metall trace back to 1888. IF Metall ...

trade union.

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1968 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Avesta (locality) Swedish trade unionists {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub