Emil Källström (born 23January 1987) is a Swedish politician for the Centre Party. He represented the Västernorrland constituency and he was a member of the

Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges 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 se ...

from 2010 to 2021. He has frequently been featured in media because of his political career, for his looks, and also for appearing high on a list of the most influential young Swedes in 2015.

Career

Emil Källström was born in Domsjö,

Örnsköldsvik Municipality Örnsköldsvik Municipality (, ) is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, in Västernorrland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Örnsköldsvik. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the ''City of Örnsk ...

, Sweden, and now resides in Sund. Since the general elections in 2010, he has been a

member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for Centerpartiet (Sweden's Centre Party) representing Västernorrland in seat no. 347 in the

, Sweden's national legislature and supreme decision-making body. In 2006 Källström was elected city councilor of the Örnsköldsviks municipality at the age of 19. During his time in office he worked on issues concerning the future of

Norrland Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administr ...

. Källström was a candidate in the 2010 general elections for the constituency of Västernorrland and gained enough votes to remain in the Riksdag. He was also voted into the

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, Education, and Labour Market Committees. Along with his political work, Källström is studying to become a civil economist at the

Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with ...

. He is also chairman of the Förbundet Vi Unga, an independent youth organisation for the Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan (Vuxenskolan Study Association), which works with youth to give them a chance to fulfill their dreams. In September 2015, Källström was elected to a leadership position in the Centre Party.

Personal life

Källström has been named "Sweden's sexiest politician of 2014" by the news site Nyheter24. In 2015, he was the runner-up in the same magazine's countdown of Sweden's sexiest politicians, losing to Rossana Dinamarca. In 2011, Källström came in ninth on the list. In early 2016, he came in sixth in ''

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'' magazine's annual list of "Hottest hillbillys"; the winner was

Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (born Sofia Kristina Hellqvist; 6 December 1984), is a member of the Swedish royal family. Before marrying Prince Carl Philip and becoming a princess of Sweden in 2015, Sofia was a glamour model and reality ...

. In 2015, Källström was number ten on ''Fokus'' magazine's annual list of the "Most influential young people in Sweden", also appearing on the cover of that edition of the magazine.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kallstrom, Emil 1987 births Members of the Riksdag from the Centre Party (Sweden) Living people People from Örnsköldsvik Municipality Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022