Robert Stenkvist
Robert Stenkvist | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Swedish Parliament for Västra Götaland County East | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1958 Farsta Parish, Stockholm County, Sweden |
| Political party | Sweden Democrats |
Robert Olov Stenkvist (born 10 June 1958 in Farsta Parish, Stockholm County)[1] is a Swedish politician for the Sweden Democrats, and youth worker, living in Botkyrka Municipality. He has been a member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats since the 2014 general elections. He initially served as a substitute member of the Riksdag, taking over from Christoffer Dulny who had been asked by the SD to resign his seat following a series of controversies before becoming a full member of the Riksdag.[2] He is currently taking up seat number 176 and is a member of the Education Committee since April 2015, a position he was an alternate for before becoming a member.[2]
Stenkvist became a member of the Sweden Democrats in 2004. He was the spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats in Stockholm County.[3] Before he was elected as a member of the Riksdag he worked as a political secretary in the Riksdag from 2010 until his election in 2014.
During his campaign for the Riksdag in 2014, he was known as being one out of two Sweden Democrats who did not want to have a ban on begging.[4]
Personal life[edit]
He is a member of the Nordic Asa-Community.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Sveriges befolkning 1980, CD-ROM, version 1.00 (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund 2004).
- ^ a b "Robert Stenkvist". Sveriges Riksdag. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Olsson, Erik (14 October 2012). "I Botkyrka växer stödet". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ ""Tiggare måste bort från Sveriges gator"". aftonbladet.se. Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ @robertstenkvist (18 June 2015). "@Nytorb Jag är tyvärr inte med i Svenska kyrkan. Är med i Nordiska Asa-samfundet" (Tweet) – via Twitter.