Elected with odd glee to spoil a Swede (7)

I believe the answer is:

ingemar

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'a swede' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'elected with odd glee to spoil' is the wordplay.
'elected' becomes 'in' (in government).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'odd' indicates alternate letters.
'to spoil' becomes 'mar' (synonyms).
The alternate letters of 'glee' are 'ge'.
'in'+'ge'+'mar'='INGEMAR'

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