Johnny Munkhammar, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Johnny Munkhammar

Swedish politician

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1974

Date of Death: 13-Aug-2012

Profession: politician, political scientist, blogger

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Johnny Mattias Munkhammar (24 September 1974 – 13 August 2012) was a Swedish political writer and blogger.He was an entrepreneur and author of several books.
Until he died, he was a member of parliament in Sweden for the Moderate Party. Previously, he worked for the free market think tank Timbro.
He previously worked as a senior adviser at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. Munkhammar was born in Hultsfred in Kalmar County, but grew up in Visby on Gotland.
He received a master's degree in political sciences from Uppsala University in 1998.
He has worked as an editorial writer at papers such as Nerikes Allehanda och Gotlands Tidningar. Munkhammar was a board member of the Liberal Youth of Sweden, the youth wing of the Liberal People's Party, from 1996 to 1999.
He ran as a candidate for the party in the 1995 and 1999 elections to the European Parliament.
During the 2003 euro referendum in Sweden he was a leading campaigner on the pro-euro side. Munkhammar expressed support to work politically for personal liberty, a free economy, open borders and limited government.He died on adenoid cystic cancer on 13 August 2012 at the age of 37.