Gustav Fridolin | |
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Minister for Education | |
Assumed office 3 October 2014 |
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Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
Preceded by | Jan Björklund |
Spokesperson of the Green Party | |
Assumed office 21 May 2011 Serving with Åsa Romson (2011-2016) Isabella Lövin (2016- ) |
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Preceded by |
Maria Wetterstrand Peter Eriksson |
Member of the Riksdag | |
In office 4 October 2010 – 3 October 2014 |
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Constituency | Skåne County North and East |
In office 30 September 2002 – 2 October 2006 |
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Constituency | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Vittsjö, Skåne County |
10 May 1983
Political party | Green Party |
Spouse(s) | Jennie Fridolin |
Children | 1 |
Profession | Journalist, Teacher |
Religion | Christianity |
Per Gustav Edvard Fridolin (born 10 May 1983) is a Swedish politician and the current Minister of Education, having been appointed in 2014. A journalist, author and teacher by profession, he has been the Green Party's joint spokesperson, together with Åsa Romson, since 2011.
Fridolin is a member of the Swedish parliament since the 2010 election, representing Skåne County North and East. He was also a member of the Swedish parliament from 2002 to 2006.
Fridolin was born in Vittsjö, Hässleholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. He joined the Green Party in 1994 and served as one of two spokespersons of the Young Greens of Sweden between 1999 and 2003.
Fridolin first served as a member of the Swedish parliament between 2002 and 2006, representing the constituency. Aged nineteen at the time, he was the youngest MP in Swedish history until 2010, when Anton Abele, a Moderate, set a new record. During his first term in parliament he served as a member of the Committee on the Constitution. Fridolin also served as a member of the board of the Green Party between 2004 and 2006, and was one of his party's representatives in the negotiations with the Social Democratic government and the Left Party.