Per Bolund Explained

Per Bolund
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Term Start:5 February 2021
Term End:30 November 2021
Primeminister:Stefan Löfven
Predecessor:Isabella Lövin
Alongside:Morgan Johansson
Office1:Minister for the Environment
Term Start1:5 February 2021
Term End1:30 November 2021
Primeminister1:Stefan Löfven
Predecessor1:Isabella Lövin
Monarch1:Carl XVI Gustaf
Successor1:Annika Strandhäll
Office2:Spokesperson of the Green Party
Term Start2:4 May 2019
Term End2:18 November 2023
Predecessor2:Gustav Fridolin
Successor2:Daniel Helldén
Alongside2:
Isabella Lövin (2019–2021)
Märta Stenevi (2021–2023)
Office3:Minister for Housing
Term Start3:21 January 2019
Term End3:5 February 2021
Primeminister3:Stefan Löfven
Monarch3:Carl XVI Gustaf
Predecessor3:Peter Eriksson
Successor3:Märta Stenevi
Office4:Minister for Financial Markets
Term Start4:3 October 2014
Term End4:5 February 2021
Primeminister4:Stefan Löfven
Predecessor4:Peter Norman
Monarch4:Carl XVI Gustaf
Successor4:Åsa Lindhagen
Office5:Minister for Housing and Urban Development
(acting)
Term Start5:18 April 2016
Term End5:25 May 2016
Primeminister5:Stefan Löfven
Monarch5:Carl XVI Gustaf
Predecessor5:Mehmet Kaplan
Successor5:Peter Eriksson
Birth Date:3 July 1971
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Party:Green Party
Spouse:Åse Ahlstrand
Children:3
Profession:Biologist[1]

Per Bolund (born 3 July 1971) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (in a strictly ceremonial role) and as Minister for the Environment from February to November 2021, and has been co-spokesperson of the Green Party from May 2019[2] until his resignation in November 2023.

He previously served as Minister for Financial Markets from October 2014 to February 2021[3] and as Minister for Housing from January 2019 to February 2021. He was shortly acting Minister for Housing and Urban Development from April to May 2016.[4]

Bolund was elected to the Riksdag in 2006. As Minister for the Environment he made a pledge to double Sweden's climate finance.[5] As leader of the Green Party his withdrawal of support helped bring down the government of Magdalena Andersson in November 2021 because the planned tax cut on petrol in her first budget would lead to higher emissions.[6]

Before politics he trained as a biologist, and his parents are the Aarhus University geneticist Professor Lars Bolund and medical Professor Christina Bolund.[7] In his personal time he is a fan of baseball and football, and follows the Stockholm club AIK Fotboll.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Per Bolund . Riksdagen. sv. 2019-07-15.
  2. Web site: Per Bolund . Green Party. sv. 2019-07-15.
  3. Web site: Per Bolund: Sweden’s great Green pensions hope. Financial Times. 18 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Direktrapport om Kaplans avgång. sv. Sveriges Radio. 18 April 2016.
  5. Web site: 2021-11-08. A Swiss pianist, a Rwandan chemist... meet 15 ministers brokering a deal in Glasgow. 2021-11-25. Climate Home News. en.
  6. Web site: Stockholm. Agencies in. 2021-11-24. Sweden’s first female prime minister resigns after less than 12 hours. 2021-11-25. the Guardian. en.
  7. Web site: Riksdagsförvaltningen. Per Bolund (MP) - Riksdagen. 2021-11-25. www.riksdagen.se. sv.