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 theGreen 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 | (1983-05-10)10 May 1983 (age 41) Hässleholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Journalist,Teacher |
Per Gustav Edvard Fridolin (born 10 May 1983)[citation needed] is a Swedishjournalist,author,teacher and former politician who served asMinister for Education from 2014 to 2019 and as one of two spokespersons of theGreen Party from 2011 to 2019.
He was aMember of the Swedish Parliament from 2002 to 2006, representingStockholm Municipality, and was the parliament'syoungest member during that time. Out of politics from 2006 to 2010, he authored two books and worked as aninvestigation journalist forTV4'sKalla fakta. He returned to the Swedish Parliament[1] in the2010 general election, and representedSkåne County North and East from 2010 to 2018 andStockholm County from 2018 until his resignation in September 2019.
He was elected joint spokesperson for theGreen Party in 2011, serving withÅsa Romson from 2011 to 2016 and then withIsabella Lövin from 2016 to 2019. When the Green Party entered thecabinet of Stefan Löfven in2014, the Green Partys first–time ever government participating, he was appointedMinister for Education. As Minister for Education, he appointed the2015 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 StockholmCity MissionFolk High School.[2]
Fridolin was born inÖnnestad,Kristianstad Municipality,Skåne County,Sweden[3] and grew up inVittsjö,Hässleholm Municipality, also in Skåne, Sweden. He joined theGreen Party in 1994 and served as one of two spokespersons of theYoung Greens of Sweden between 1999 and 2003.[4]
Fridolin first served as amember of theSwedish parliament between 2002 and 2006, representing theStockholm Municipality constituency.[1] Aged nineteen at the time, he was the youngest MP in Swedish history until 2010, whenAnton Abele, aModerate, set a new record.[5] During his first term in parliament he served as a member of theCommittee on the Constitution.[1] 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 theSocial Democraticgovernment and theLeft Party.[6]
In 2005 Fridolin announced that he would not be up for re-election as an MP in the2006 election.[7]
Fridolin again ran as a candidate for parliament in the2010 election and was elected, representing theSkåne County North and East constituency.[1] He is a member of theCommittee on European Union Affairs in the parliament and a deputy member of theCommittee on Foreign Affairs, theCommittee on Civil Affairs and theCommittee on Industry and Trade.[1]
Fridolin has written three books, all on politics. The first, titledFrån Vittsjö till världen - om global apartheid och alla vi som vill någon annanstans (From Vittsjö to the world - aboutglobal apartheid and everyone of us that want to go somewhere), was released in 2006. His second book, titledBlåsta, was released in 2009, and his third book,Maskiner och människor - en skrift om arbete och framtidstro (Machines and men - writings on labour and belief in the future) was released in 2011.Machines and men was cowritten with Ulf Bodach Söderström and lays out a possible policy for an environmentally friendly industry.
Gustav Fridolin married Jennie Fridolin 2007;[8] they have two children.[9] They divorced in 2019.[10] He is married to Green Party politicianMaria Ferm since July 2023.[11]
His political idols, aside from proponents ofGreen politics, include Liberal Prime MinisterKarl Staaff of the early 20th century which he praised in a January 2011 article, espousingcentrist andsocial liberal views.[12]
In 2014 he became the Minister for Education in theLöfven Cabinet, a position which he served until 2019 when he was replaced byAnna Ekström of the Social Democrats.
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| Preceded by | Spokesperson of Young Greens Serving with: Sofi Löfstedt1999–2001 Zaida Catalán2001–2003 1999–2003 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Spokesperson of the Green Party Serving with: Åsa Romson2011–2016 Isabella Lövin2016–2019 2011–2019 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Minister for Education 2014–2019 | Succeeded by |
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