 He was chairman of the Moderate Youth League, the youth wing of the Moderate Party, from 2006 to 2010.Wykman joined the Moderate Youth League in 1997 and was also chairman of the Moderate School Youth () from 2000 to 2001.He was elected new chairman of the Moderate Youth League at its congress in Sollentuna on November 25, 2006, winning over the election committee's candidate Mattias Thorsson with the votes 63–49.