William Hahne

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William Hahne
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Hahne in 2018
Deputy Leader of Alternative for Sweden
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5 March 2018 23 March 2020
Children2
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  • Monica Tedestam Berglöw (mother)
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Military service
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Years of service2012–present
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Unit Life Regiment Hussars

William Eric Viking Hahne (born 19 April 1992[ citation needed ]) is a Swedish politician who was the Deputy Chairman of the party Alternative for Sweden. He was Deputy Chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth from September 2011 to September 2015. From November 2014 to April 2015 Hahne represented the Sweden Democrats in the City Council of Stockholm Municipality.

Hahne was expelled from the Sweden Democrats on 7 April 2015. [1] Only hours after having left as deputy chairperson of the Sweden Democratic Youth, the Sweden Democrats announced that they break the ties between the party and the youth league to form a new youth league. [2]

At the launching of the party Alternative for Sweden in March 2018 Hahne was presented as its Deputy Chairman. In March 2020 he resigned after it was revealed that he sold surgical masks for 249 SEK each. [3]

Hahne is associated with a Swedish game development team called Nordic Empire Games, which in May 2022 released Acquitted, a computer game created in support of the actions of American citizen Kyle Rittenhouse during the Kenosha Unrest Shooting, with many far-right undertones present in the work. [4]

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  2. "Kasselstrand kräver Åkessons avgång". Aftonbladet . 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. "William Hahne lämnar – efter hårda kritiken". Expressen . 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. Walker, John (9 May 2022). "Far-Right Dev's Kyle Rittenhouse Steam Shooter Isn't 'Edgy,' It's Embarrassing". Kotaku. Retrieved 10 May 2022.