Per Richard Herrey (born 19 August 1964) is a Swedish artist, politician in the

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, media personality and restaurant manager.

Biography

Richard Herrey won

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in 1984 together with his brothers Per and Louis as the band

Herreys Herreys (), sometimes Herrey's or Herrey, is a Swedish pop group, consisting of the three brothers Per Herrey (born 9 August 1958), Richard Herrey (born 19 August 1964), and Louis Herrey (born 3 November 1966). They won the Eurovision Song C ...

, with their song "

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". They went on to win the

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in Luxembourg, which was the second win for Sweden. All three brothers are

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s. While Richard Herrey is no longer practicing since the 1980s, his brother Louis is a bishop within

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. Richard Herrey was a dancer in the '' Fame'' TV series 1982–1983. Herrey acted in the Swedish production of the musicals '' Grease'' at the

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1991–1992, ''

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'' at the

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1993, and ''

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'' at Chinateatern 1994. He managed

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1997–1998 where he also was the producer and director of the 40th anniversary production of ''West Side Story''. Richard Herrey participated in the TV4 dance show '' Let's Dance'' with

Cecilia Ehrling Cecilia Ehrling, (born 22 May 1984) is a Swedish competitive dancer. She has won the TV4 dance show '' Let's Dance'' four times, in 2007 along with Martin Lidberg, in 2010 with Mattias Andréasson, in 2013 with Markoolio and in 2015 with Ingema ...

Political career

In the 2018 parliament election Herrey was listed as a candidate for the Moderate Party in the Stockholm County constituency where he made it to the list of substitutes but not as a member of the

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. He served as a substitute during the summer of 2019, in December 2020–January 2021 and again from December 2021. In March 2022 Herrey became a regular member of the Riksdag following the resignation of Fredrik Schulte. He is the first Eurovision winner to be a member of the Swedish parliament. He left the Riksdag following the 2022 election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Herrey, Richard Swedish pop singers Swedish male musical theatre actors Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Swedish Latter Day Saints 1964 births Living people People from Strömstad Municipality