Linus Alexander Sköld (born 1983) is a

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politician, teacher and 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 ...

, the national

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. A member of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

, he has represented

Norrbotten County Norrbotten County ( sv, Norrbottens län; se, Norrbottena leatna, fi, Norrbottenin lääni) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares border ...

since January 2019. He had previously been a substitute member of the Riksdag four times: September 2015 to April 2016 (for

Sven-Erik Bucht Sven-Erik Bucht (born 28 December 1954) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, ...

]); February 2017 to August 2017 (for

Hannah Bergstedt Hannah Bergstedt (born 1977) is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician. She was elected deputy member of the Riksdag for the period 2006–2010, when she met as replacement delegate from August 2007 to March 2008, and from October 2008 to ...

); April 2018 to June 2018 (for Hannah Bergstedt); and September 2018 to January 2019 (for Sven-Erik Bucht). Sköld is the son of service technician Rolf Sköld and teacher June Sköld (née Schön). He was educated in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

. He has a teaching degree from

Malmö University Malmö University ( sv, Malmö universitet) is a public university located in Malmö, Sweden. With more than 24,000 students and about 1,600 employees (academic and administrative), Malmö University is the ninth largest institute of learning in S ...

and a degree in

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from

Umeå University Umeå University ( sv, Umeå universitet; Ume Sami: ) is a public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders. As of 2015 ...

. He has been a teacher since 2008. He has been a member of the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

Älvsbyn Municipality Älvsbyn Municipality () is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Älvsbyn. The present municipality has the same size as the original one, created at the time the municipalities of Sweden were formed i ...

since 2016.

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1983 births Living people Malmö University alumni Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Norrbotten County Swedish schoolteachers Umeå University alumni {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub