Per Bolund

Per Bolund (born 3 July 1971) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. He has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and as Minister for the Environment since February 2021, and has been co-spokesperson of the Green Party since May 2019.[2]

Per Bolund MP
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 February 2021 Serving with Morgan Johansson
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Isabella Lövin
Minister for the Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 February 2021
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Isabella Lövin
Spokesperson of the Green Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 May 2019 Serving with Isabella Lövin (2019–2021) Märta Stenevi (2021– )
Preceded by	Gustav Fridolin
Minister for Housing
In office 21 January 2019 – 5 February 2021
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Peter Eriksson
Succeeded by	Märta Stenevi
Minister for Financial Markets
In office 3 October 2014 – 5 February 2021
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Peter Norman
Succeeded by	Åsa Lindhagen
Minister for Housing and Urban Development (acting)
In office 18 April 2016 – 25 May 2016
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Mehmet Kaplan
Succeeded by	Peter Eriksson
Personal details
Born	3 July 1971
Political party	Green Party
Profession	Biologist[1]

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.

References

1. "Per Bolund" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
2. "Per Bolund" (in Swedish). Green Party. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
3. "Per Bolund: Sweden's great Green pensions hope". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
4. Sveriges Radio. "Direktrapport om Kaplans avgång" (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 April 2016.