Christoffer Robin Lech Dulny (born 29 November, 1983) is a Swedish politician and

far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

activist. He was chairman of the

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party in Stockholm and served as their spokesman on law and policing before he became a member of the

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for the party during the

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. The centre-right Alliance for Sweden coalition (comprising the Mod ...

. He resigned his parliamentary seat the same year. He has since left the party and founded the

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influenced ''Nordisk Alternativhöger'' (Nordic Alternative Right).

Biography

Dulny was born in 1983. He holds a law degree and worked at the Riksdag Chancellery as a secretary and a

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before becoming a media coordinator for the Sweden Democrats at the

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, t ...

.Malmgren, Kim; Sohl Stjernberg, Max
Christoffer Dulny lämnar sina uppdrag
Expressen, 9 september 2014. Accessed 7 September 2021.Baas, David; Holmén, Christian
Här är SD-toppens inlägg på hatsajten
Expressen, 8 September 2014. Accessed 7 September 2021. He briefly served as the SD's spokesman on policing. In September 2014, he became chairman of the Sweden Democrats' chapter in Stockholm and was elected as a municipal councilor on Stockholm City Council. During the

, he was elected to the Riksdag as the 42nd candidate on the SD's list and represented the constituency of

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...

. In September 2014, Swedish newspaper ''

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'' revealed that Dulny had written comments that were described as racist and xenophobic on several websites (including '' Avpixlat'') under an anonymous username, including one in which he described Roma people and

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as having a "violent gene" and another in which he described immigrants as "absolutely the worst at lying, manipulating, making shady deals, causing problems, etc." Following the revelations, Dulny stated in an interview with

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that his comments were "inappropriate" but he didn't think his views prevented him from working as a politician.Makar, Maria; Rundberg, Hampus
SD-toppen Christoffer Dulny avgår
SVT Nyheter, 9 September 2014. Accessed 7 September 2021. However, SD leader

Jimmie Åkesson Per Jimmie Åkesson (; born 17 May 1979) is a Swedish politician and author, serving as leader of the Sweden Democrats since 2005. He has been a member of the Riksdag (SD) for Jönköping County since 2010. He previously served as leader of ...

condemned Dulny's actions and said the party would review his membership. Dulny subsequently stood down as leader of the SD in Stockholm and later resigned from the SD's parliamentary group at the request of the party. His Riksdag seat was turned over to Robert Stenkvist.

Nordic Alternative Right

Dulny continued to work at the Sweden Democrats' parliamentary office as a press officer until May 2017 when he formed a new far-right political movement called the Nordic Alternative Right. The

political show ''Assignment Review'' has described the movement's ideas as inspired by the American

. Dulny was subsequently suspended from SD due to this and later quit the party.

References

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