 He is a member of the Christian Democrats, part of the European People's Party.An employee of public broadcaster "Sveriges Television" (SVT) for many years, Adaktusson has worked both as a reporter and a news anchor for the nightly news show "Aktuellt", and has in addition also been stationed as a foreign correspondent in Vienna, Washington DC, and in Amman.Adaktusson was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2014 European Parliament elections in Sweden.