Per Bolund

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{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1971)}}

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{{infobox officeholder

| name = Per Bolund

| honorific-suffix = MP

| image = 20190630 Almedalsveckan Miljopartiet Per Bolund 0214 (48176918061) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Per Bolund in June 2019

| office = Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

| status =

| term_start = 5 February 2021

| term_end = 30 November 2021

| primeminister = Stefan Löfven

| predecessor = Isabella Lövin

| monarch = Carl XVI Gustaf

| successor =

| alongside = Morgan Johansson

| office1 = Minister for the Environment

| status1 =

| term_start1 = 5 February 2021

| term_end1 = 30 November 2021

| primeminister1 = Stefan Löfven

| predecessor1 = Isabella Lövin

| monarch1 = Carl XVI Gustaf

| successor1 = Annika Strandhäll

| office2 = Spokesperson of the Green Party

| term_start2 = 4 May 2019

| term_end2 = 18 November 2023

| predecessor2 = Gustav Fridolin

| successor2 = Daniel Helldén

| alongside2 =
Isabella Lövin (2019–2021)
Märta Stenevi (2021–2023)

| office3 = Minister for Housing

| term_start3 = 21 January 2019

| term_end3 = 5 February 2021

| primeminister3 = Stefan Löfven

| monarch3 = Carl XVI Gustaf

| predecessor3 = Peter Eriksson

| successor3 = Märta Stenevi

| office4 = Minister for Financial Markets

| term_start4 = 3 October 2014

| term_end4 = 5 February 2021

| primeminister4 = Stefan Löfven

| predecessor4 = Peter Norman

| monarch4 = Carl XVI Gustaf

| successor4 = Åsa Lindhagen

| office5 = Minister for Housing and Urban Development
(acting)

| term_start5 = 18 April 2016

| term_end5 = 25 May 2016

| primeminister5 = Stefan Löfven

| monarch5 = Carl XVI Gustaf

| predecessor5 = Mehmet Kaplan

| successor5 = Peter Eriksson

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|07|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| nationality = Swedish

| party = Green Party

| spouse = Åse Ahlstrand

| children = 3

| alma_mater =

| profession = Biologist{{cite web |url=https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/per-bolund_0956444284814 |title=Per Bolund |publisher=Riksdagen|language=sv|accessdate=2019-07-15}}

}}

Per Bolund (born 3 July 1971) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (in a strictly ceremonial role) and as Minister for the Environment from February to November 2021, and was co-spokesperson of the Green Party from May 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.mp.se/om/per-bolund |title=Per Bolund |publisher=Green Party|language=sv|accessdate=2019-07-15}} until his resignation in November 2023.

He previously served as Minister for Financial Markets from October 2014 to February 2021{{cite web|url=https://next.ft.com/content/93a39da4-aeff-11e5-993b-c425a3d2b65a|title=Per Bolund: Sweden’s great Green pensions hope|work=Financial Times|accessdate=18 April 2016}} and as Minister for Housing from January 2019 to February 2021. He was shortly acting Minister for Housing and Urban Development from April to May 2016.{{cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6413378|title=Direktrapport om Kaplans avgång|language=sv|author=Sveriges Radio|publisher=|accessdate=18 April 2016}}

Bolund was elected to the Riksdag in 2006. As Minister for the Environment he made a pledge to double Sweden's climate finance.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-08|title=A Swiss pianist, a Rwandan chemist... meet 15 ministers brokering a deal in Glasgow|url=https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/11/08/swiss-pianist-rwandan-chemist-meet-15-ministers-brokering-glasgow-pact/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=Climate Home News|language=en}} As leader of the Green Party his withdrawal of support helped bring down the government of Magdalena Andersson in November 2021 because the planned tax cut on petrol in her first budget would lead to higher emissions.{{Cite web|last=Stockholm|first=Agencies in|date=2021-11-24|title=Sweden’s first female prime minister resigns after less than 12 hours|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/24/swedens-first-female-prime-minister-resigns-after-less-than-12-hours|access-date=2021-11-25|website=the Guardian|language=en}}

Before politics he trained as a biologist, and his parents are the Aarhus University geneticist Professor Lars Bolund and medical Professor Christina Bolund.{{Cite web|last=Riksdagsförvaltningen|title=Per Bolund (MP) - Riksdagen|url=https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/per-bolund_56698f88-e33a-41fe-9c62-a9c53b3e793d|access-date=2021-11-25|website=www.riksdagen.se|language=sv}} In his personal time he is a fan of baseball and football, and follows the Stockholm club AIK Fotboll.