14 Facts About Nils Torvalds

Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds was born on 7 August 1945 and is a Finnish politician who had been a Member of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2024.

Nils Torvalds 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.

Nils Torvalds was a member of the Communist Party of Finland from 1969 to 1982.

Nils Torvalds studied economics in Moscow and was the editor of the taistoist magazine Arbetartidningen Enhet.

Between 1995 and 2004 Nils Torvalds worked as a foreign correspondent for the Finnish Broadcasting Company in Moscow and Washington.

Nils Torvalds is fluent in Swedish, Finnish, English, German, and Russian.

In 2006, Nils Torvalds joined the Swedish People's Party, and the following year he was elected to the post of the third vice chairperson.

Nils Torvalds was the only candidate who openly supported Finland's NATO membership during his campaign.

Nils Torvalds was a candidate for European Parliament election in 2009 on the Swedish People's Party list.

Nils Torvalds received 14,044 votes which was insufficient for a seat.

Nils Torvalds has served as shadow rapporteur on the circular economy and on the biofuels directive and as rapporteur of the annual report 2018 on the European banking union.

In June 2023, Nils Torvalds was the recipient of the Environment and Climate Action Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.

Nils Torvalds had given the right answer, [but] everybody understood that the NSA had approached him.