Sven-Olof Sällström

Swedish politician (1968–2024)

Sven-Olof Sällström SD
Sällström in 2014

Member of the Riksdag
In office 4 October 2010 – 14 March 2024
Constituency	Kronoberg County^[1]

Personal details
Born	(1968-10-04)4 October 1968 Ånge, Sweden
Died	14 March 2024(2024-03-14) (aged 55)
Political party	Sweden Democrats (from 2006) Centre Party (before 2006)

Sven-Olof Sällström (4 October 1968 – 14 March 2024) was a Swedish politician who was a member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats between 2010 and 2024.

Sällström originally worked as a store manager 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.^[2]^[3] In 2012, he succeeded Erik Almqvist 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.^[4]

Sven-Olof Sällström died of bile duct and liver cancer on 14 March 2024, at the age of 55.^[5]

References

^ Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Sven-Olof Sällström (SD) - Riksdagen". riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^ "Presentation av Sverigedemokraternas partistyrelse på www.sverigedemokraterna.se". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
^ "Arkiverade kopian" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
^ "Sällström och Jomshof nya talespersoner för SD". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
^ Filippa Rogvall (14 March 2024). "SD-toppen Sven-Olof Sällström död". Expressen.