Momodou Malcolm Jallow

Momodou Malcolm Jallow
Jallow in 2018.
Member of the Riksdag
for Malmö City
In office
31 August 2017 – 12 September 2022
Personal details
Born (1975-10-11) 11 October 1975
Bakau, The Gambia
PartyIndependent (since 2026)
Other political
affiliations
Left (2017–2026)

Momodou Malcolm Jallow (born 11 October 1975) is a Gambian-born Swedish politician. He has been a regular Member of Parliament since 2017, elected for Malmö Municipality constituency.[1]

Early life and activism

Jallow was born in Bakau in 1975. He moved to Sweden when he was a teenager, eventually settling in Malmö and becoming involved in social activism.[2] In 2010, he faced a series of threats after criticising a mock slave auction on the grounds of Lund University.[2] In 2014, Jallow was the defendant in a case that resulted in the first guilty verdict in a racist hate crime case in Sweden.[3]

In 2018, Jallow filed a complaint against the state of Denmark before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.[4] The case alleged that an art exhibit in the Folketing had constituted a hate crime against Jallow, as one of the artworks depicted Jallow being hung and another referred to him as a racial slur.[5] The case was resolved in his favor in 2023, with the committee requiring a public apology and compensation to be paid to Jallow.[4][5]

Career

He became a Member of the Riksdag for the Left Party in 2017, replacing Daniel Sestrajcic.[2] Jallow was elected as Member of the Riksdag in September 2018 and September 2022.[6][7][8] In 2025, he became chair of the Riksdag's Civil Affairs Committee, the first person of African descent to do so.[2]

In April 2026, Jallow split from the Left Party and became a political independent in the Riksdag.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Malcolm Momodou Jallow (V) - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bojang, Sheriff (11 July 2025). "Momodou Jallow: Gambian-born Swedish MP fighting racism, threats and political silence". The Africa Report. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Linda A. (19 June 2018). "When will the EU put Black Europeans on the political agenda?". Equal Times. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  4. 1 2 Bah, Omar (10 February 2023). "Gambian-Swedish MP happy with UN verdict on racial discrimination case". The Standard. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 Durmuş, Betül (2 June 2023). "The CERD stands firm against racist hate speech: Jallow v. Denmark". EJIL: Talk!. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "Riksdagens protokoll 2018/19:1". Sveriges riksdag (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Här är Sveriges nya riksdag – ledamot för ledamot". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 19 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Invalda ledamöter 2022". Riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Lämnar formellt V – blir ny vilde i riksdagen" [Formally leaves V – becomes new independent in the Riksdag]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). TT. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
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