Kenneth G. Forslund
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Kenneth Gustaf Forslund (14 May 1967) is a Swedish politician who serves in the Riksdag for Västra Götaland County West as a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) since 2002, and has been the First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag since 2022. A member of the SAP since 1980, Forslund was chair of the party and its youth league in Kungälv and Bohuslän.
Early life
Kenneth Gustaf Forslund was born in Kungälv, Sweden, on 14 May 1967.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Career
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In the 2002 election Forslund was elected to the Riksdag for Västra Götaland County West.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 2022, he was selected as First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". During his tenure in the Riksdag he has served as chair of the Foreign Affairs committee from 2014 to 2022, Deputy member of the EU Affairs committee from 2011 to 2012, and since 2022, and Deputy member of the Defence committee since 2022.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was the SAP's spokesman on development aid policy from 2011 to 2014.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Forslund is a member of the Olof Palme International Center's board.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Personal life
Forslund is the father of three children.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Political positions
Forslund was opposed to the reparation of 33 people to Turkey in order for Turkey to drop its opposition to Sweden's admission to NATO.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He worked for the yes campaign during the referendum to join the European Union in 1994.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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