Nils Torvalds | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 5 July 2012 | |
Preceded by | Carl Haglund |
Constituency | Finland |
Personal details | |
Born | Nils Torvalds 7 August 1945 Ekenäs, Finland |
Political party | Finnish Swedish People's Party of Finland EU Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
Children | 5, including Linus Torvalds |
Alma mater | Helsinki University |
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Website | nilstorvalds |
Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds[1] (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2012. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Swedo-Finnish Torvalds is the son of the poet Ole Torvalds, and the father of the software engineer Linus Torvalds of Linux kernel fame.[2]