John Torbjörn Björlund (born 1957) is a

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politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national

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. A member of the Left Party, he represented

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between October 2006 and September 2014. He was also a substitute member of the Riksdag for Linda Westerlund Snecker twice: between April 2015 and June 2015; and between August 2015 and January 2016. Björlund is the son of

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Åke Björlund and journalist Maj-Britt Björlund (née Wennberg). He was educated in

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and studied leisure education at

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. He was a gardener (1977), paper mill worker (1977-1985), substitute teacher (1986), leisure teacher (1986-1987), treatment assistant (1988-1989), consultant (1989-2002) and an ombudsman (2003-2006).

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1957 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2006–2010 Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag from the Left Party (Sweden) {{Sweden-politician-stub