Laurynas Šedvydis

[3] Since 2012, he is a lecturer in Vytautas Magnus University, and has been the author of over 10 academic articles and publications in the studies of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

[4] Šedvydis is the lead vocalist of the punk rock band Gė̄døs Stüłpås, and plays the electric guitar.

Afterwards, he worked in the offices of Social Democratic members of the Seimas Rasa Budbergytė and Gintautas Paluckas.

[4] Šedvydis ran as the Social Democratic candidate in the Šilainiai constituency in Kaunas in the 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election, but finished fourth with 8.16 percent of the valid votes.

[9] He ran in the same constituency for the same party in the 2024 parliamentary election, but performed significantly better, entering the second round after narrowly overcoming the Dawn of Nemunas candidate Kęstutis Mazurkevičius and finishing second,[10] and defeating the Homeland Union candidate Martynas Prievelis with 58.05 percent of the valid votes.