Nordqvist was elected into parliament as a member of The Alternative in the 2015 election. He was reelected in
2019, but left the party shortly after - along with
Uffe Elbæk,
Sikandar Siddique and
Susanne Zimmer. The three other former Alternative members went on to found a new party, the
Independent Greens, while Nordqvist instead remained independent for two months before joining the Socialist People's Party. Nordqvist is a member of the
LGBTQ community. He is married to Nicolai Østenlund. ==References==