Gabriel Kroon

Gabriel Eugen Kroon
Incumbent
Assumed office
2018
Group leader of the Sweden Democrats on Stockholm Municipal Council
Member of the Riksdag
In office
26 September 2022 – 12 October 2022
Succeeded byMartin Westmont
ConstituencyStockholm Municipality
Personal details
Born (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28)
Finland
NationalitySwedish
Political partySweden Democrats
Alma materKing's College London
Karolinska Institute

Gabriel Eugen Kroon (born 7 November 1996 in Finland) is a Swedish politician representing the Sweden Democrats party, who served as member of the Riksdag for the Stockholm Municipality constituency in 2022.

Biography

Kroon was born in 1996 in Finland and grew up in the Östermalm area of Stockholm. Kroon's parents emigrated from the Soviet Union to Sweden in the 1980s.[1] He holds a master's degree in international politics from King's College London and a degree in health and policy management from the Karolinska Institutet. He also studied part-time for a diploma in economics at the EU Business School while living and working in Munich. After graduating, he worked as a civil servant in the Riksdag Chancellory for the Ministry of Finance[2] Kroon's younger brother Julian Kroon is the chairman of the Konservativa Förbundet (Conservative Union) student organisation.[3][4]

In 2018, he was elected to Stockholm county council and served on the regional health board.[5] In 2022, he was appointed the SD's leader and spokesman on Stockholm Municipal Council.[6] For the 2022 Swedish general election, Kroon stood as a candidate in the constituency of Stockholm Municipality and was elected to the Riksdag. After his election, Kroon stated that he would not take up his seat in order to focus entirely on his leadership of the SD in Stockholm.[6] He turned his seat over to Martin Westmont.

Kroon is together with his father and other relatives active as owner or board member in a large number of businesses in Switzerland, Sweden and Finland. Kroon himself can be linked to 18 companies during recent years, in industries ranging from construction to sales of electric vehicles and publishing.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "SD-toppen kritiseras för fastighetsaffärer i Finland". DN.SE (in Swedish). 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Han vill göra Stockholm till SD:s skyltfönster: "M och KD har blivit vänsterliberaler"". Dagens samhälle (in Swedish). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. ^ Rogvall, F. (29 October 2020). "SD-toppen startar akademi för unga: "Otroligt sexigt med konservatism just nu"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Gabriel Kroon (25)". Altinget (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Gabriel Kroon (SD)". Region Stockholm (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b Holmqvist, H. (22 March 2022). "SD får ny gruppledare i Stockholm". Rikspolitik (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "SD-toppen kritiseras för fastighetsaffärer i Finland". DN.SE (in Swedish). 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.