Richard Jomshof

Richard Jomshof (born 6 July 1969) is a Swedish Sweden Democrats politician who has served as Secretary of the Sweden Democrats since January 2015. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (SD) since September 2010. He was chief editor of SD-Kuriren (The SD courier) from 2000 to 2009.

In January 2015, he was elected as Party Secretary, succeeding Björn Söder.

Jomshof is also a musician, playing in the Swedish synthpop band Elegant Machinery. In an interview with Side-Line, he spoke about his involvement in the Sweden Democrats and what effect it has had on Elegant Machinery.

Since the 2010 general election, Jomshof represents the Gävleborg constituency in the Riksdag.

Jomshof's father is Finnish, and his surname was Lohikoski until his parents divorced.

References

Sources
 BBC news with Jomshof's comments on how a member of the Swedish government shut down the SD Courier web site
 Elegant Machinery band members biography at elegantmachinery.de
 Article in Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan about Jomshof losing his work because of his political views

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Category:People from Helsingborg
Category:Swedish anti-communists
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Category:Swedish people of Finnish descent