Gustav Fridolin

Gustav Fridolin
Minister for Education
In office
3 October 2014 – 21 January 2019
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Preceded byJan Björklund
Succeeded byAnna Ekström
Spokesperson of the Green Party
In office
21 May 2011 – 4 May 2019
Serving with
Åsa Romson (until 2016)
Isabella Lövin (from 2016)
Preceded byMaria Wetterstrand
Peter Eriksson
Succeeded byPer Bolund
Member of the Riksdag
In office
4 September 2010 – 30 September 2019
ConstituencySkåne County North and East (2010—2018)
Stockholm County
(2018—2019)
In office
30 September 2002 – 2 October 2006
ConstituencyStockholm Municipality
Personal details
Born (1983-05-10) 10 May 1983 (age 41)
Hässleholm, Sweden
Political partyGreen Party
Spouse(s)
Jennie Fridolin
(m. 2007; div. 2019)

(m. 2023)
Children2
ProfessionJournalist, Teacher

Per Gustav Edvard Fridolin (born 10 May 1983)[citation needed] is a Swedish journalist, author, teacher and former politician who served as Minister for Education from 2014 to 2019 and as one of two spokespersons of the Green Party from 2011 to 2019.

He was a Member of the Swedish Parliament from 2002 to 2006, representing Stockholm Municipality, and was the parliament's youngest member during that time. Out of politics from 2006 to 2010, he authored two books and worked as an investigation journalist for TV4's Kalla fakta. He returned to the Swedish Parliament[1] in the 2010 general election, and represented Skåne County North and East from 2010 to 2018 and Stockholm County from 2018 until his resignation in September 2019.

He was elected joint spokesperson for the Green Party in 2011, serving with Åsa Romson from 2011 to 2016 and then with Isabella Lövin from 2016 to 2019. When the Green Party entered the cabinet of Stefan Löfven in 2014, the Green Partys first–time ever government participating, he was appointed Minister for Education. As Minister for Education, he appointed the 2015 School Commission, took actions to safe-guard necessary knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics and introduced a programme (Lärarlönelyftet) designed to increase teacher's salary. He stepped down as Minister for Education in January 2019 and as Green Party spokesperson in May 2019.

As of March 2020, he works as a teacher at the Stockholm City Mission Folk High School.[2]

  1. ^ "Gustav Fridolin (MP)". Parliament of Sweden. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  2. ^ Gustav Fridolins new life as a folk high school teacher (in Swedish) Published 4 March 2020

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