Per Oscar Evert Sjöstedt (born 6 February 1981) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party.
He worked as a civil servant in the finance department for the Riksdag and then for Sveriges Television (SVT) and the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company.
[1][2] He initially announced he would not to seek another term in office before the 2018 Swedish general election, however he subsequently returned to parliament and resumed his role as the SD's financial spokesman.
[5] Sjöstedt became embroiled in controversy in 2016 when it was revealed he had attended a party organized by the Swedish neo-Nazi magazine Info-14 during his time at high school while he was a member of the SDU.
Sjöstedt responded by claiming that he had attended the party at the invitation of a friend but left after discovering who had organized the event, denied he had supported any fascist movements and described the accusations of chanting slogans as "absurd."