Henrik Vinge

Henrik Olof Vinge (born 10 August 1988) is a Swedish lawyer and politician and of the Sweden Democrats. He served as Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2019 to 2023 and has served as first deputy leader of his party since November 2019.^[1]

Henrik Vinge SD
Henrik Vinge's official portrait Picture: Sveriges riksdag
Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag
In office 25 November 2019 – 26 April 2023
Leader	Jimmie Åkesson
Preceded by	Mattias Karlsson
Succeeded by	Linda Lindberg
Deputy Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag
In office 1 April 2019 – 25 November 2019
Party Leader	Jimmie Åkesson
Riksdag Leader	Mattias Karlsson
Succeeded by	Mattias Bäckström Johansson
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 September 2018
Constituency	Stockholm Municipality
Personal details
Born	Henrik Olof Vinge (1988-08-10) 10 August 1988 (age 36) Järfälla, Sweden
Political party	Sweden Democrats
Spouse	Linnéa Vinge
Alma mater	Stockholm University

Biography

Vinge was born in 1988 in Järfälla. He obtained a law degree from Stockholm University and began training as a lawyer in 2017. During his studies he worked as a volunteer legal advisor for the non-profit online service Lawline. He has also worked as a prison guard at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and as a recruitment consultant in the education sector. After graduating in 2014, he started a legal firm called Näthatjuristerna, which specializes in investigating criminal violations on the internet.^[2][3]

He became a press manager for the Sweden Democrats in March 2015 and was appointed integration policy spokesperson for the party in August 2018.^[4][5] Vinge has been Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality since September 2018.

He married 2017 Stockholm Ungsvenskarna politician Linnéa Vinge, formerly Cortés.^[6]