# Per Bolund > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Per_Bolund > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Per_Bolund.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Bolund > Source revision: 1348250326 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1971)}} {{Expand Swedish|topic=bio|date=October 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Per Bolund | honorific_suffix = [MP](/source/Member_of_the_Riksdag) | image = 20190630 Almedalsveckan Miljopartiet Per Bolund 0214 (48176918061) (cropped).jpg | caption = Per Bolund in June 2019 | office = [Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Sweden) | status = | term_start = 5 February 2021 | term_end = 30 November 2021 | prime_minister = [Stefan Löfven](/source/Stefan_L%C3%B6fven) | predecessor = [Isabella Lövin](/source/Isabella_L%C3%B6vin) | monarch = [Carl XVI Gustaf](/source/Carl_XVI_Gustaf) | successor = | alongside = [Morgan Johansson](/source/Morgan_Johansson) | office1 = [Minister for the Environment](/source/Minister_for_the_Environment_(Sweden)) | status1 = | term_start1 = 5 February 2021 | term_end1 = 30 November 2021 | prime_minister1 = [Stefan Löfven](/source/Stefan_L%C3%B6fven) | predecessor1 = [Isabella Lövin](/source/Isabella_L%C3%B6vin) | monarch1 = [Carl XVI Gustaf](/source/Carl_XVI_Gustaf) | successor1 = [Annika Strandhäll](/source/Annika_Strandh%C3%A4ll) | office2 = Spokesperson of the [Green Party](/source/Swedish_Green_Party) | term_start2 = 4 May 2019 | term_end2 = 18 November 2023 | predecessor2 = [Gustav Fridolin](/source/Gustav_Fridolin) | successor2 = [Daniel Helldén](/source/Daniel_Helld%C3%A9n) | alongside2 =
[Isabella Lövin](/source/Isabella_L%C3%B6vin) (2019–2021)
[Märta Stenevi](/source/M%C3%A4rta_Stenevi) (2021–2023) | office3 = [Minister for Housing](/source/Minister_for_Housing_(Sweden)) | term_start3 = 21 January 2019 | term_end3 = 5 February 2021 | prime_minister3 = [Stefan Löfven](/source/Stefan_L%C3%B6fven) | monarch3 = [Carl XVI Gustaf](/source/Carl_XVI_Gustaf) | predecessor3 = [Peter Eriksson](/source/Peter_Eriksson_(politician)) | successor3 = [Märta Stenevi](/source/M%C3%A4rta_Stenevi) | office4 = [Minister for Financial Markets](/source/Minister_for_Financial_Markets_(Sweden)) | term_start4 = 3 October 2014 | term_end4 = 5 February 2021 | prime_minister4 = [Stefan Löfven](/source/Stefan_L%C3%B6fven) | predecessor4 = [Peter Norman](/source/Peter_Norman_(politician)) | monarch4 = [Carl XVI Gustaf](/source/Carl_XVI_Gustaf) | successor4 = [Åsa Lindhagen](/source/%C3%85sa_Lindhagen) | office5 = [Minister for Housing and Urban Development](/source/Ministry_of_Enterprise_(Sweden))
(acting) | term_start5 = 18 April 2016 | term_end5 = 25 May 2016 | prime_minister5 = [Stefan Löfven](/source/Stefan_L%C3%B6fven) | monarch5 = [Carl XVI Gustaf](/source/Carl_XVI_Gustaf) | predecessor5 = [Mehmet Kaplan](/source/Mehmet_Kaplan) | successor5 = [Peter Eriksson](/source/Peter_Eriksson_(politician)) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|07|03|df=y}} | birth_place = [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) | party = [Green Party](/source/Green_Party_(Sweden)) | spouse = Åse Ahlstrand | children = 3 | alma_mater = | profession = [Biologist](/source/Biologist){{cite web |url=https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/per-bolund_0956444284814 |title=Per Bolund |publisher=Riksdagen|language=sv|accessdate=2019-07-15}} }} '''Per Bolund''' (born 3 July 1971) is a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) politician for the [Green Party](/source/Green_Party_(Sweden)). He served as [Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Sweden) (in a strictly ceremonial role) and as [Minister for the Environment](/source/Minister_for_the_Environment_(Sweden)) from February to November 2021, and was co-spokesperson of the [Green Party](/source/Green_Party_(Sweden)) from May 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.mp.se/om/per-bolund |title=Per Bolund |publisher=[Green Party](/source/Green_Party_(Sweden))|language=sv|accessdate=2019-07-15}} until his resignation in November 2023. He previously served as [Minister for Financial Markets](/source/Minister_for_Financial_Markets_(Sweden)) from October 2014 to February 2021{{cite web|url=https://next.ft.com/content/93a39da4-aeff-11e5-993b-c425a3d2b65a|title=Per Bolund: Sweden's great Green pensions hope|work=Financial Times|accessdate=18 April 2016}} and as [Minister for Housing](/source/Minister_for_Housing_(Sweden)) from January 2019 to February 2021. He was shortly acting [Minister for Housing and Urban Development](/source/Ministry_of_Enterprise_(Sweden)) from April to May 2016.{{cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6413378|title=Direktrapport om Kaplans avgång|language=sv|author=Sveriges Radio|publisher=|accessdate=18 April 2016}} Bolund was elected to the [Riksdag](/source/Riksdag) in 2006. As [Minister for the Environment](/source/Minister_for_the_Environment_(Sweden)) he made a pledge to double Sweden's climate finance.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-08|title=A Swiss pianist, a Rwandan chemist... meet 15 ministers brokering a deal in Glasgow|url=https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/11/08/swiss-pianist-rwandan-chemist-meet-15-ministers-brokering-glasgow-pact/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=Climate Home News|language=en}} As leader of the [Green Party](/source/Green_Party_(Sweden)) his withdrawal of support helped bring down the government of [Magdalena Andersson](/source/Magdalena_Andersson) in November 2021 because the planned tax cut on petrol in her first budget would lead to higher emissions.{{Cite web|last=Stockholm|first=Agencies in|date=2021-11-24|title=Sweden's first female prime minister resigns after less than 12 hours|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/24/swedens-first-female-prime-minister-resigns-after-less-than-12-hours|access-date=2021-11-25|website=the Guardian|language=en}} Before politics he trained as a biologist, and his parents are the [Aarhus University](/source/Aarhus_University) geneticist Professor Lars Bolund and medical Professor Christina Bolund.{{Cite web|last=Riksdagsförvaltningen|title=Per Bolund (MP) - Riksdagen|url=https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/per-bolund_56698f88-e33a-41fe-9c62-a9c53b3e793d|access-date=2021-11-25|website=www.riksdagen.se|language=sv}} In his personal time he is a fan of baseball and football, and follows the Stockholm club [AIK Fotboll](/source/AIK_Fotboll). ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Per Bolund}} {{s-start}} |- {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before= [Gustav Fridolin](/source/Gustav_Fridolin)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Spokesperson of the Green Party](/source/Green_Party_(Sweden))
Serving with:
[Isabella Lövin](/source/Isabella_L%C3%B6vin) (2019–2021)
[Märta Stenevi](/source/M%C3%A4rta_Stenevi) (2021–2023)|years=2019–2023}} {{s-aft|after=[Daniel Hellden](/source/Daniel_Hellden)}} |- {{s-off}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Peter Norman](/source/Peter_Norman_(politician))|rows=2}} {{s-ttl|title=[Minister for Financial Markets](/source/Minister_for_Financial_Markets_(Sweden))|years=2014–2021}} {{s-aft|after=[Åsa Lindhagen](/source/%C3%85sa_Lindhagen)|rows=2}} |- {{s-ttl|title=[Deputy Minister for Finance](/source/Ministry_of_Finance_(Sweden))|years=2014–2021}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Birgitta Ohlsson](/source/Birgitta_Ohlsson)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Minister for Consumer Affairs](/source/Minister_for_Consumer_Affairs_(Sweden))|years=2014–2019}} {{s-aft|after=[Ardalan Shekarabi](/source/Ardalan_Shekarabi)}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Mehmet Kaplan](/source/Mehmet_Kaplan)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Minister for Housing and Urban Development](/source/Minister_for_Housing_(Sweden))
[Minister for Digitalizion](/source/Minister_for_Information_Technology_(Sweden))
{{small|Acting}}|years=2016}} {{s-aft|after=[Peter Eriksson](/source/Peter_Eriksson_(politician))}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Peter Eriksson](/source/Peter_Eriksson_(politician))}} {{s-ttl|title=[Minister for Housing](/source/Minister_for_Housing_(Sweden))|years=2019–2021}} {{s-aft|after=[Märta Stenevi](/source/M%C3%A4rta_Stenevi)}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Isabella Lövin](/source/Isabella_L%C3%B6vin)|rows=2}} {{s-ttl|title=[Minister for the Environment](/source/Minister_for_the_Environment_(Sweden))|years=2021}} {{s-aft|after=[Annika Strandhäll](/source/Annika_Strandh%C3%A4ll)}} |- {{s-ttl|title=[Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Sweden)
(honorary title)|years=2021}} {{s-aft|after=None}} |- {{s-end}} {{Green Party (Sweden)}} {{Members of the Riksdag, 2022–2026}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolund, Per}} Category:Members of the Riksdag from the Green Party Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Ministers for housing of Sweden Category:Swedish biologists Category:Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Category:Politicians from Stockholm {{Sweden-GreenParty-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Per Bolund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Bolund) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Bolund?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.