Peter Althin, is a Swedish attorney

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 and politician

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 and a member of the Swedish parliament for the Christian Democrats

Christian Democrats (Sweden)

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 from 2002 to 2007.

Althin graduated from law school

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 with a master's degree

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 in law

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 (jur. kand.) from Lund University

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 in 1968 and joined the Swedish Bar Association

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 in 1974. As a lawyer practicing criminal law

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 he has defended notable clients like Tony Olsson, Mehdi Ghezali

Mehdi Ghezali

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, Joy Rahman and Mijailo Mijailović

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. Most recently, he defended Peter Sunde

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 at the Pirate Bay trial.

Althin is since 2002 a member of the Swedish parliament where he is a substitute in the justice committee and constitutional committee. Althin is also a member of the executive board of the Christian Democrat Party. He is also often seen in the media, not only regarding cases where he is hired as a defense attorney but also as a commentator. Despite his position as a MP

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 he has continued his law practice, the Anna Lindh

Anna Lindh

Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, Chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League 1984-1990, Member of Parliament 1982-1985 and 1998-2003...

-case has been his most time-consuming so far.

Since 2009, Althin has been the chairman of the Swedish Republican Association

Swedish Republican Association

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.

External links

• Peter Althin at the Christian democrats
  Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf...
  
  website
• Peter Althin at the website of his law firm