Hans Johnny Skalin (born April 1, 1978) is a Swedish politician who was a member of the

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for the

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party between 2010 and 2022. Skalin was first elected to parliament during 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 ...

. He was initially elected to the constituency of

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but switched to represent

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in 2014. He was the SD's temporary economic spokesman after Erik Almqvist resigned from the position following the iron pipe scandal until Sven-Olof Sällström was appointed as a full-time replacement. Skalin also unsuccessfully stood for the SD during the

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and was the third candidate on the party's ballot. In parliament, Skalin is a member of the EU Committee and a deputy in the Riksdag Foreign Affairs Committee. Skalin has also called for Sweden to drastically cut down on its immigration and asylum seeker intake. Skalin chose not to stand for re-election ahead of the

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

. In 2019, Skalin began a relationship with local

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politician and employee Nina Burchardt. After publicly announcing the relationship, Burchardt was forced to resign her duties because of the relationship with a Riksdag member from a different party and because of Skalin's association with the Sweden Democrats.

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