Mattias Karlsson (politician)

Mattias Karlsson SD
Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag
In office 29 September 2014 – 24 November 2019
Leader	Jimmie Åkesson
Preceded by	Björn Söder
Succeeded by	Henrik Vinge
Leader of the Sweden Democrats (acting)[a]
In office 17 October 2014 – 27 March 2015
Preceded by	Jimmie Åkesson
Succeeded by	Jimmie Åkesson
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 October 2010
Constituency	Kronoberg County (2018– ) Scania County (2010–2018)
Personal details
Born	Hans Kennert Mattias Karlsson (1977-08-17) 17 August 1977 (age 47) Rottne, Sweden
Political party	Sweden Democrats
Domestic partner(s)	Gabriella Hedarv (separated)
Children	2
Alma mater	Lund University

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Hans Kennert Mattias Hedarv Karlsson (born 17 August 1977) is a Swedish politician, writer and public commentator who served as Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from September 2014 to November 2019. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (SD) since October 2010. He previously served as temporary Leader of the Sweden Democrats from 2014 to 2015.^[1]

He currently heads the conservative think-tank Oikos.^[2] Since 2022, he has also served as the party's international outreach secretary. Karlsson has also been described as one of the SD's chief philosophical ideologues, having been responsible much of the party's current platform and shift in its beliefs.^[3]

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