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 has been co-spokesperson of the Green Party from May 2019^[2] until his resignation in November 2023.

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Per Bolund MP
Per Bolund in June 2019
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
In office 5 February 2021 – 30 November 2021 Serving with Morgan Johansson
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Isabella Lövin
Minister for the Environment
In office 5 February 2021 – 30 November 2021
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Isabella Lövin
Succeeded by	Annika Strandhäll
Spokesperson of the Green Party
In office 4 May 2019 – 18 November 2023 Serving with Isabella Lövin (2019–2021) Märta Stenevi (2021–2023)
Preceded by	Gustav Fridolin
Succeeded by	Daniel Helldén
Minister for Housing
In office 21 January 2019 – 5 February 2021
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Peter Eriksson
Succeeded by	Märta Stenevi
Minister for Financial Markets
In office 3 October 2014 – 5 February 2021
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Peter Norman
Succeeded by	Åsa Lindhagen
Minister for Housing and Urban Development (acting)
In office 18 April 2016 – 25 May 2016
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Mehmet Kaplan
Succeeded by	Peter Eriksson
Personal details
Born	(1971-07-03) 3 July 1971 (age 52) Stockholm, Sweden
Political party	Green Party
Spouse	Åse Ahlstrand
Children	3
Profession	Biologist[1]

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He previously served as Minister for Financial Markets from October 2014 to February 2021^[3] 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.^[4]

Bolund was elected to the Riksdag in 2006. As Minister for the Environment he made a pledge to double Sweden's climate finance.^[5] 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.^[6]

Before politics he trained as a biologist, and his parents are the Aarhus University geneticist Professor Lars Bolund and medical Professor Christina Bolund.^[7] In his personal time he is a fan of baseball and football, and follows the Stockholm club AIK Fotboll.^[5]