| Maria Arnholm | |
| Birth Date: | 16 March 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Partille, Sweden |
| Office: | Governor of Kronoberg County |
| Appointed: | Stefan Löfven |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Ingrid Burman |
| Office2: | Secretary of the Liberals |
| 1Blankname2: | Party leader |
| 1Namedata2: | Jan Björklund |
| Term Start2: | 3 October 2014 |
| Term End2: | 28 June 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Nina Larsson |
| Successor2: | Juno Blom |
| Office3: | Member of the Riksdag |
| Term Start3: | 3 October 2014 |
| Term End3: | 31 January 2020 |
| Constituency3: | Stockholm County |
| Office4: | Minister for Gender Equality |
| Term Start4: | 21 January 2013 |
| Term End4: | 3 October 2014 |
| Primeminister4: | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Predecessor4: | Nyamko Sabuni |
| Successor4: | Åsa Regnér |
| Party: | Liberals |
| Alma Mater: | Stockholm University |
Maria Elisabet Wallgren Arnholm (born 16 March 1958) is a Swedish politician who has served as Governor of Kronoberg County since 1 February 2020.
Arnholm served as Minister for Gender Equality and as deputy Minister for Education in the Swedish Government from 2013 to 2014[1] and as Party Secretary of the Liberals from October 2014 to June 2019.
Arnholm is an educated jurist, and studied at Stockholm University from 1978 to 1983. Arnholm was chief of staff to Bengt Westerberg during his tenure as Minister for Health and Social Affairs from 1991 to 1994. She went on to be communications director for Coop Norden AB from 2002 to 2006, and was CEO for PR agency Springtime from 2006 to 2012. Arnholm was appointed to become Nyamko Sabuni's State Secretary on 25 May 2012 and served in that position until 21 January 2013.
In the morning of 21 January 2013, Arnholm was appointed Minister for Gender Equality following the sudden resignation of Nyamko Sabuni.[2] She also took office as deputy Minister for Education.
Following the 2014 defeat, Arnholm was appointed Secretary of the Liberal People's Party, now the Liberals, as the cabinet of Reinfeldt left office on 3 October 2014.