Martin Kinnunen

Martin Anders Kinnunen, (born 15 May 1983) is a Swedish-Finnish member of parliament for the Sweden Democrats party.^[1] He was previously the press secretary for the party, as well as leader for the party's youth organisation the Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU) between 2005 and 2007.^[1] He took over that position from Jimmie Åkesson and was succeeded by Erik Almqvist.

Martin Kinnunen
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 September 2018
Constituency	Stockholm Municipality
In office 14 September 2014 – 8 September 2018
Constituency	Gothenburg Municipality
Leader of the Sweden Democratic Youth
In office May 2005 – 2007
Preceded by	Jimmie Åkesson
Succeeded by	Erik Almqvist
Personal details
Born	Martin Anders Kinnunen (1983-05-15) 15 May 1983 (age 41) Huddinge Parish, Stockholm County, Sweden
Political party	Sweden Democrats
Alma mater	Stockholm University (BA)
Profession	Politician

Biography

Kinnunen graduated with a BA degree in economics from Stockholm University followed by a PhD in politics, philosophy and economics.^[2] He began training as an economist and then worked as an office secretary for the Sweden Democrats' national organisation in Stockholm; he left the position in late 2009. He was elected to the Swedish Riksdag parliament during the 2014 Swedish general election for the Gothenburg Municipality and since the 2018 election has represented the Stockholm Municipality.

Kinnunen and his fiancee were assaulted and beaten at an attack at Gullmarsplan subway station in Stockholm on 6 June 2009.^[3] Three women were later convicted for the attack on Kinnunen's fiancee, and one man was sentenced to prison for the same attack.^[3]

On 29 September 2015, Kinnunen was charged with two cases of tax fraud.^[4] He was accused of embezzling large amounts of money while working for the Sweden Democrat owned companies Samtid och Framtid and Blåsippan AB.^[5] He was acquitted of all charges by the district court on 5 February 2016.^[6] However, as trials continued in November 2016, it was revealed that Kinunnen had authorized fraudulent dates on the concerned invoices; the final outcome is as yet unknown,^[7] although he stated on 22 November that even if he were found guilty of serious tax fraud on behalf of the SweDems, he would continue as a SweDem politician without issue.^[8] On 6 December 2016 the Court of Appeal found him guilty of accounting fraud.^[9] He was sentenced to a fine of approximately 9,000 EUR while the SweDem owned company was fined 30,000 EUR for fraudulent accounting and tax evasion.^[10]

References

1. "Nya sverigefinländare till riksdagen". svt.se. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
2. ”Martin Kinnunen (SD): Biografi” Archived 2022-10-01 at the Wayback Machine. Sveriges riksdag. Läst 29 september 2018.
3. Kvinnor frias för SD misshandel Dagens Nyheter Retrieved 22 March 2016 Error in Webarchive template: Empty url.
4. Mikael Bondesson (29 September 2015). "Sverigedemokraten Martin Kinnunen åtalad". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
5. "SD:s Martin Kinnunen åtalad för skattebrott". Expressen. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
6. TT (5 February 2016). "SD:s Martin Kinnunen frias i tingsrätten". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
7. "SD:s nya fakturabluff – fejkade datum för att täcka momsproblem". Expressen. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
8. "Kinnunen om sitt politiska uppdrag". Expressen. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
9. "Martin Kinnunen fälls för bokföringsbrott". Expressen. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
10. http://www.aftonbladet.se/senastenytt/ttnyheter/inrikes/article24053107.ab ^{[dead link]}

External links

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