Gustav Fridolin | |
|---|---|
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| Minister for Education | |
| In office 3 October 2014 – 21 January 2019 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Jan Björklund |
| Succeeded by | Anna Ekström |
| Spokesperson of the Green Party | |
| In office 21 May 2011 – 4 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Maria Wetterstrand Peter Eriksson |
| Succeeded by | Per Bolund |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 4 September 2010 – 30 September 2019 | |
| Constituency | Skåne County North and East (2010—2018) Stockholm County (2018—2019) |
| In office 30 September 2002 – 2 October 2006 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1983 Hässleholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Jennie Fridolin
(m. 2007; div. 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Journalist, 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]
- ^ "Gustav Fridolin (MP)". Parliament of Sweden. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ Gustav Fridolins new life as a folk high school teacher (in Swedish) Published 4 March 2020