Magnus Sweinsson

Magnus Sweinsson (Laiorian: Մägnøս Ւᓼenսսon, born 4 February 1967) is a Norwegian-born Laiorian politician, business executive and former journalist. He has been the Prime Minister of Laioria since 2017.

Prior to his political career, Sweinsson made a large fortune as the head of stationery and technology firm Laiorian Instruments, which grew to become one of the largest businesses in the Kadersaryinan Islands after the Laiorian economic boom of the late 1990s. Sweinsson's largest achievements with the company were the success of the LI-6400 series of calculators, widely used in general establishments and educational establishments across the Kadersaryinan Islands: Sweinsson had a vision for a small, capable and trusty calculator which quickly gained popularity.

Alongside this, he was also a successful TV journalist for Alo'olka, the pan-Kadersaryinan propaganda network. When Alo'olka disbanded, he transferred to LTV, for whom he worked until 1994.

In 1994 he was appointed as the head of development at Laiorian Telecoms, the state-owned cash cow. Under his plans for regular maintenance and prioritisation by Prime Minister Alfonso Txurrónes, Laiorian Telecoms started to provide communications services to the Island of Daricajuce and improve its connections to the and across the Caribbean. While also no doubt helping the islands' connectivity, his work also allowed Laioria control over much of the infrastructure of the Kadersaryinan Islands, giving the country a disproportionate role in how the islands were run.

In 2000, Sweinsson was originally lined up to host the Laiorian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, but the role eventually went to Emyr Hansen. Sweinsson has said that he was never told he wasn't selected until he saw in the papers that Hansen had been appointed as host.

Representing the Braemor area, Sweinsson was elected to the Sol'kaz in 2010. His premiership saw the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2018 and the constitutional crisis in 2021 and 2022 after his disputed re-election win, only ended when Sweinsson took the gamble of rerunning the election after personal scandals involving Ubajrifla and Vokal'lirk came to light.