Sven-Olof Sällström (4 October 1968 – 14 March 2024) was a Swedish politician who was a member of the

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for the

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between 2010 and 2024. Sällström originally worked as a

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before his political career. He was a member of the Centre Party and the Liberals before joining the Sweden Democrats in 2006. He unsuccessfully stood for the party during the 2009 European Parliament elections before he was elected to the Riksdag 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, ...

. In 2012, he succeeded

Erik Almqvist Erik Anders Almqvist (born 24 May 1982) is a Swedish former politician. As a former member of the Sweden Democrats, he was member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2010 until his resignation on 21 February 2013 representing Västra Götaland County Nor ...

as the Sweden Democrats' economic spokesperson after Almqvist was forced to resign as a result of the so-called iron pipe scandal. He held the position until 2014 when Oscar Sjöstedt succeeded him. Sven-Olof Sällström died of bile duct and liver cancer on 14 March 2024, at the age of 55.

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