Patrik Olof Mikael Engström (born 1968) is a

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politician, trade unionist and former member of the

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, the national

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. A member of the

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, he represented

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between April 2017 and January 2022. He had previously been a substitute member of the Riksdag for

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between October 2014 and March 2017. Engström is the son of roadworker Eskil Engström and Irene Engström (née Rosen). He was educated in

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. He had various jobs at the

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site in Avesta between 1986 and 2014. He was a member of the

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Avesta Municipality Avesta Municipality (''Avesta kommun'') is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden. It is in Dalarna County, in the central part of the country, and its seat is in the town of Avesta. The municipality in its present size was created in 1967 when the ...

from 2006 to 2014. He is currently a regional co-ordinator for the

IF Metall Industrifacket Metall (IF Metall) is a trade union in Sweden. It was formed in a 2006 merger between the Swedish Industrial Union (Industrifacket) and the Swedish Metalworkers' Union (Metall). Its roots in Metall trace back to 1888. IF Metall ...

trade union.

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1968 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Avesta Municipality Swedish trade unionists {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub