Jimmie Åkesson: who is the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats?

Jimmie Åkesson at the SD party’s election celebrations in Nacka, near Stockholm, on Sunday evening. Photograph: Stefan Jerrevång/AP

The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, 43-year-old Jimmie Åkesson, joined the party in 1990s, helping to form a youth group in his home town of Sölvesborg.

In 2002, he became the leader of Sweden Democrats’ national youth organisation, then took over the SD party leadership in 2005, when voter support was steadily about 1%.