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Christer Nylander
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Nylander in 2016
Member of the Swedish Parliament
for Skåne Northern and Eastern
Assumed office
2002
Leader of the Liberals
in the Riksdag
In office
7 June 2016 – 28 June 2019
LeaderJan Björklund
Preceded byErik Ullenhag
Succeeded byJohan Pehrson
Personal details
Born (1968-10-03) 3 October 1968 (age 54)
Political partyLiberals
ProfessionPolitician, Author

Lars Christer Stefan Nylander (born 3 October 1968) is a Swedish Liberals Party politician, member of the Riksdag since 2002 for Skåne Northern and Eastern.[1] He was the parliamentary leader from June 2016 until June 2019 for the Liberals Party in the Riksdag.[1] He first joined the Riksdag in 2000 as a replacement for a colleague who left the Riksdag, he has been a regular member of the Riksdag since the 2002 general election. He is currently taking up seat number 188 in the Riksdag for the constituency of Skåne Northern and Eastern.[1] Since the 2018 general election he has been a member and the Speaker of the Cultural Affairs Committee.

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Sweden

Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge–tunnel across the Öresund. At 447,425 square kilometres (172,752 sq mi), Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of 25.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi), with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas, which cover 1.5% of the entire land area, in the central and southern half of the country.

Liberals (Sweden)

Liberals (Sweden)

The Liberals, known as the Liberal People's Party until 22 November 2015, is a conservative liberal political party in Sweden. The Liberals ideologically have shown a broad variety of liberal tendencies. Currently they are seen as following classical liberalism and economic liberalism. The party is a member of the Liberal International and Renew Europe.

Politician

Politician

A politician is a person who has political power in the government of a state, a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government.

Riksdag

Riksdag

The Riksdag is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members, elected proportionally and serving, since 1994, fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election.

Skåne Northern and Eastern (constituency)

Skåne Northern and Eastern (constituency)

Skåne Northern and Eastern is one of the multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. As of the 2018 Swedish general election, Skåne Northern and Eastern elected 11 of the 349 members of the Riksdag.

Parliamentary leader

Parliamentary leader

A parliamentary leader is a political title or a descriptive term used in various countries to designate the person leading a parliamentary group or caucus in a legislative body, whether it be a national or sub-national legislature. They are their party's most senior member of parliament (MP) in most parliamentary democracies.

2002 Swedish general election

2002 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 2002, alongside municipal and county council elections. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 144 of the 349 seats.

2018 Swedish general election

2018 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. Regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The incumbent minority government, consisting of the Social Democrats and the Greens and supported by the Left Party, won 144 seats, one seat more than the four-party Alliance coalition, with the Sweden Democrats winning the remaining 62 seats. The Social Democrats' vote share fell to 28.3 percent, its lowest level of support since 1911.

Work in the Riksdag

During his time in the Riksdag from 2000 until 2002, while serving as a replacement, he served only as an alternate in the Justice Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee. He first became a full member of the Finance Committee after the 2002 general election as well as being an alternate for the Taxation Committee.

He kept his positions 2006 general election until October 2007 when he became a member of the Education Committee, he also became an alternate for the Finance Committee until 2008.

He left the Education Committee in 2009 to become a full member of the Cultural Affairs Committee, he also became an alternate for the Education Committee after he left the Committee, he stopped being an alternate for the Education Committee after the 2010 general election. After just a few days in the Cultural Affairs Committee, he became the vice-Speaker of the Cultural Affairs Committee.[1]

In 2013 he left the Cultural Affairs Committee and his position as vice-Speaker of the committee to join the Labour Market Committee.[1]

After the 2014 general election he left the Labour Market Committee to become a member of the Industry and Trade Committee. He was only a member of the committee from October 7 until October 24, 2014. After he left the Industry and Trade Committee he once again joined the Education Committee and became vice-Speaker of the Education Committee.[1]

On 7 June 2016, he became the parliamentary leader for the Liberals Party succeeding Erik Ullenhag, he would hold that position until 28 June 2019, at 16:29, when his successor Johan Pehrson would take over. He was also a member of the War Delegation from 9 June 2016 until 5 September 2019.[1]

After the 2018 general election, Nylander left the Education Committee and his position as vice-Speaker to become a member and the Speaker of the Cultural Affairs Committee. He also became a member of the Nomination Committee (Valberedningen [sv]) until 26 September 2019. He was also serving as a member of the Council of Riksdag MPs (Ledamotsrådet) from 10 October 2018 until 12 December of the same year.[1]

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2006 Swedish general election

2006 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden on 17 September 2006, to elect members to the Riksdag, the Swedish national legislature. All 349 seats were up for election: 310 fixed seats in 29 constituencies and 39 adjustment seats, used to ensure that parties have representation in the Riksdag proportional to their share of the national vote. The electoral system used was semi-open list proportional representation using the Sainte-Laguë method of allocating seats. Elections for County and Municipal councils were also held on the same day.

2010 Swedish general election

2010 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 2010 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance, consisting of the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats; and the opposition centre-left coalition the Red-Greens, consisting of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party.

2014 Swedish general election

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.

Parliamentary leader

Parliamentary leader

A parliamentary leader is a political title or a descriptive term used in various countries to designate the person leading a parliamentary group or caucus in a legislative body, whether it be a national or sub-national legislature. They are their party's most senior member of parliament (MP) in most parliamentary democracies.

Erik Ullenhag

Erik Ullenhag

Erik Jörgen Carl Ullenhag is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Integration from October 2010 to October 2014 and as parliamentary group leader of the Liberal People's Party in the Swedish Riksdag from October 2014 to June 2016. He took office as Ambassador of Sweden to Jordan on 1 September 2016.

Johan Pehrson

Johan Pehrson

Carl Johan Georg Pehrson is a Swedish politician who has been leader of the Liberal Party since 8 April 2022. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2018, representing Örebro County, and previously represented the same constituency from 1998 to 2015. He is Minister for Employment and Minister for Integration since October 2022.

War Delegation

War Delegation

The War Delegation is a standing committee of the Riksdag, with its functions enumerated in the Instrument of Government and the Riksdag Act, with the purpose of replacing the Riksdag as a whole whenever Sweden is at war or is otherwise exposed to a serious threat or crisis.

2018 Swedish general election

2018 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. Regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The incumbent minority government, consisting of the Social Democrats and the Greens and supported by the Left Party, won 144 seats, one seat more than the four-party Alliance coalition, with the Sweden Democrats winning the remaining 62 seats. The Social Democrats' vote share fell to 28.3 percent, its lowest level of support since 1911.

Personal life

He is the author behind the books Maktens offer (Sacrifice of power), Olösta mord i Kristianstad (Unsolved murders in Kristianstad), and Den fjärde spelpjäsen (The fourth game piece).

Source: "Christer Nylander", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 15th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christer_Nylander.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Christer Nylander (L)". Sveriges Riksdag. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
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