Rolf K. Nilsson
Encyclopedia
Rolf K. Nilsson is a Swedish
Moderate Party
politician
and a member of the Riksdag
since 2006. Born in Landskrona
, he is a journalist
by occupation and now resides in Stenkyrka, Gotland
, although he works full-time with politics in Stockholm
He joined the Moderate School Youth (Moderat skolungdom, MSU) in 1970 and was the chairman of the Helsingborg
chapter 1975-1976. The years 1978-1979 and 1982-1983 he was chairman of the Moderate Youth League
(Moderata Ungdomsförbundet, MUF) in Helsingborg. In 1979, he worked as election
ombudsman
for the Moderate Party
in Helsingborg, and he worked as ombudsman for MUF 1980-1982.
He studied to become a journalist, moved to Gothenburg
in 1987, and became a secretary in the editorial office of the newspaper Morgonposten, eventually becoming editor-in-chief in 1990. In 1993, he started his own company - RoMa-media. That kept him busy until he in 1995 got the job as editorialist and editor of culture of the newspaper Västernorrlands Allehanda in Härnösand
. In 1997, he applied for the job of editor-in-chief of Gotlands Allehanda, got it, and has been editor-in-chief and editorialist since then up until his leave of absence in 2006 due to his election the Riksdag
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Moderate Party
Moderate Party
The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
politician
Politician
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and a member of the Riksdag
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
since 2006. Born in Landskrona
Landskrona
Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...
, he is a journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
by occupation and now resides in Stenkyrka, Gotland
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
, although he works full-time with politics in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
He joined the Moderate School Youth (Moderat skolungdom, MSU) in 1970 and was the chairman of the Helsingborg
Helsingborg
Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden's closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city...
chapter 1975-1976. The years 1978-1979 and 1982-1983 he was chairman of the Moderate Youth League
Moderate Youth League
The Moderate Youth League , officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives, is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. It had 12 051 members in 2010...
(Moderata Ungdomsförbundet, MUF) in Helsingborg. In 1979, he worked as election
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
ombudsman
Ombudsman
An ombudsman is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests...
for the Moderate Party
Moderate Party
The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
in Helsingborg, and he worked as ombudsman for MUF 1980-1982.
He studied to become a journalist, moved to Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
in 1987, and became a secretary in the editorial office of the newspaper Morgonposten, eventually becoming editor-in-chief in 1990. In 1993, he started his own company - RoMa-media. That kept him busy until he in 1995 got the job as editorialist and editor of culture of the newspaper Västernorrlands Allehanda in Härnösand
Härnösand
Härnösand is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 18,003 inhabitants in 2005. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape rises just some miles north of Härnösand...
. In 1997, he applied for the job of editor-in-chief of Gotlands Allehanda, got it, and has been editor-in-chief and editorialist since then up until his leave of absence in 2006 due to his election the Riksdag
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
.