Johan Nissinen

{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Johan Nissinen | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] | image = Member of the European Parliament Johan Harry Nissinen.jpg | image_size = | office = [[Member of the European Parliament]] | 1blankname = | 1namedata = | 2blankname = | 2namedata = | leader = | term_start = October 2022 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Jessica Stegrud]] | successor = | office2 = [[Member of the Riksdag]] | term_start2 = 29 September 2014 | term_end2 = 11 September 2022 | constituency2 = [[Skåne Northern and Eastern (constituency)|Skåne NE]] | birth_name = Johan Harry Nissinen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|5|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Värnamo]], Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Folklistan|People’s List]] (since 2024) | other_party = [[Sweden Democrats]] (until 2024) | parents = | spouse = | occupation = | alma_mater = | website = }} '''Johan Harry Nissinen''' (born 17 May 1989) is a Swedish politician who was elected as a member of the [[Riksdag]] in 2014 and since 2022 has been a [[Member of the European Parliament]].

He served on the executive board for the Sweden Democrats in [[Finnveden]] before becoming a municipal councilor in [[Värnamo]]. During the [[2014 Swedish general election]], he was elected to parliament representing the [[Skåne Northern and Eastern (constituency)|Skåne Northern and Eastern]] constituency and served on the EU committee in parliament. Nissinen did not contest the 2022 election but instead was appointed to replace [[Jessica Stegrud]] in the [[European Parliament]] after she was elected to the Riksdag.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nissinen in i Europaråd|url=https://www.vn.se/artikel/nissinen-in-i-europarad|publisher=Värnamo Nyheter|date=25 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nissinen (SD) invald på Skånebänken|url=https://www.vn.se/artikel/nissinen-sd-invald-pa-skanebanken|publisher=Värnamo Nyheter|date=24 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Riksdagen nästa för Nissinen|url=https://www.vn.se/artikel/riksdagen-nasta-for-nissinen|publisher=Värnamo Nyheter|date=15 September 2014}}</ref>

On 2 May 2024, Nissinen left the Sweden Democrats and joined the newly started [[Folklistan|People's List]].

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