Simo Rundgren

{{short description|Finnish politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Simo Rundgren.jpg | caption = | name = Simo Rundgren | office = Member of Finnish Parliament | term_start = 19 March 2003 | term_end = 20 March 2007 | term_start2 = 20 April 2011 | term_end2 = 21 April 2015 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|6|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Kolari, Finland | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | profession = | party = Centre Party | website = }} '''Simo Arttur Rundgren''' (born 28 June 1953 in Kolari, Finland) is a Finnish politician. He was elected to the Finnish Parliament from Lapland (electoral district) in 2003 and again in 2011. He has a master's degree in Theology and he has worked as a pastor/vicar from 1982 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2003. Rundgren worked as an Executive Director of Finnish Centre Youth from 1974 to 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hex5000.sh?kieli=en&$%7BAPPL%7D=hetekaue_en&$%7BBASE%7D=hetekaue_en&$%7BTHWIDS%7D=8.41/1363111061_6579&$%7Boohtml%7D=hex/hex3500&$%7Bhtml%7D=hex/hex3500&$%7Bsnhtml%7D=hex/hexnosyn_en&$%7Bsavehtml%7D=/thwfakta/hetekau/hex/hex3000_en.shtml&tyyppi=hakusetti |title= Simo Rundgren|author= |date= 23 February 2013|publisher= Parliament of Finland|accessdate=12 March 2012}}</ref>

In 2005, he was elected chairman of the {{Interlanguage link|Nordic Cultural Fund|sv|Nordiska Kulturfonden}} for the 2006–2007 term.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2005-11-30 |title=Pohjoismaisen kulttuurirahaston johtoon Simo Rundgren - Sveriges Radio Finska |url=https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/744933 |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=Sveriges Radio |language=fi}}</ref>

In the midst of bankruptcy at the Kaunisvaara mine in Sweden, Rundgren advocated for the construction of a railway between the mine and Kolari to increase its financial solvency.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-10-30 |title=Tror järnväg till Finland kan rädda kaunisvaaragruvan / Uskoo rautatie Suohmeen pelastaa kruuvan - Meänraatio |url=https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/6005576 |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=Sveriges Radio}}</ref>

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