Björn Söder
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| Second deputy speaker of the Riksdag | |
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Assumed office 29 September 2014 |
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| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Preceded by | Ulf Holm |
| Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Swedish Riksdag |
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In office 4 October 2010 – 29 September 2014 |
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| Leader | Jimmie Åkesson |
| Succeeded by | Mattias Karlsson |
| Secretary of the Sweden Democrats | |
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In office 7 May 2005 – 14 February 2015 |
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| Preceded by | David Lång |
| Succeeded by | Richard Jomshof (elect) |
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Member of the Riksdag for |
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Assumed office 4 October 2010 |
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3 January 1976 Väsby, Höganäs Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden |
| Political party | Sweden Democrats |
| Alma mater | Lund Institute of Technology |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Religion | Church of Sweden |
Björn Olof Söder (born 3 January 1976) is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats and has been the second deputy speaker of the Riksdag since 29 September 2014.
He was the Party Secretary of the Sweden Democrats from 2005 to 2015, group leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2010 to 2014 and has been a Member of the Riksdag since 2010.
Söder was born in Väsby, Höganäs Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, where he also grew up. After he had completed upper secondary education (gymnasium) in 1995 he began engineering studies at the Lund Institute of Technology. Between 1997 and 1998 he made his compulsory military service at the K 3 regiment in Karlsborg. After finishing his military service he started to study again but took a break between 2000 and 2002 to work as an information technology consultant. He finished his studies in 2004 when he earned a Master of Engineering degree in chemical engineering from the Lund Institute of Technology.
Söder first joined the Swedish Progress Party in 1991 but left the party in 1994 after internal struggles and instead joined the Sweden Democrats. He was elected as a substitute member of the party board in 1997 but left the board to serve as secretary of the Sweden Democrat Youth between 1998 and 2000. Between 1998 and 2002 he was a member of the municipal council in Höör Municipality for the Sweden Democrats. In 2001 he was again elected as a member of the party board and later the same year of the party executive committee. In the same year he was also elected as a member of the church assembly of the Diocese of Lund and as a substitute member of the church assembly of the Church of Sweden.
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