Nils Torvalds
Nils Torvalds | |
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Torvalds in 2023 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 5 July 2012 – 16 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Haglund |
| Constituency | Finland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nils Torvalds 7 August 1945 |
| Party | Finnish Swedish People's Party of Finland EU Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Children | 5, including Linus |
| Alma mater | Helsinki University |
| Signature | |
| Website | nilstorvalds |
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Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 to 2024. 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, known for the Linux kernel.