A co-founder of Pirate Bay has decided to make a radical career change and stand in the 2014 European Parliament elections in Finland.

Peter Sunde, who was born in Sweden but holds Finnish citizenship, will stand in the Finnish Pirate Party primaries in June. The Pirate Party is not associated with torrent site Pirate Bay.

During his time at Pirate Bay, Sunde was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay a large fine for breaches of copyright . He successfully appealed the prison sentence, only to have the fine increased.

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Sunde describes himself as 'socialist, green and a pirate' on his blog and hopes to replicate the success that the Pirate Party has to date enjoyed in the European elections.