Jens Bertil Georg Nilsson was born on September 25, 1948, and died on March 13, 2018.
He was a Swedish politician.
He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Sweden from 2009 to 2018.
Nilsson was a member of the Social Democrats, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Nilsson was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2009 election, taking up his seat on 1 December 2011 on an additional seat to Sweden after the Treaty of Lisbon had entered into force.
Nilsson served as a member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on Regional Development and the Delegation for relations with Belarus.
Also to his committee assignments, Nilsson served as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Social Economy.
He died on 13 March 2018 at 69 years old.