Peter Lundgren (politician)

Peter Lundgren
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Constituency Sweden
Personal details
Born Kent Peter Lundgren
(1963-02-02) 2 February 1963
Ekeby, Bjuv, Skåne County, Sweden
Nationality  Swedish
Political party Sweden Democrats
Profession Truck driver

Kent Peter Lundgren (born 2 February 1963) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Sweden Democrats.[1] On 25 May 2014, Lundgren was elected to the European Parliament in the 2014 European Parliament election in Sweden.

Career

Lundgren is a former truck driver. He has been a member of the executive board of the Sweden Democrats since November 2013. Lundgren was launched as one of his party's top candidates to the European Parliament on 27 January 2014. On 25 May 2014, Lundgren and Kristina Winberg became the first representatives of the Sweden Democrats to be elected Members of the European Parliament.[2][3][4][5]

In 2015, Lundgren was one of the nominees for the Parliament Magazine award as the best EU parliamentarian in the transport section.[6][7] This was the very first nominee from the EFDD group. He did not win the award but Lundgren said he was happy to be nominated.[8]

Personal life

He lives in Kulltorp and is a member of the city council in Gnosjö Municipality.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "SD-kandidat: Jag vill avveckla EU" (in Swedish). europaportalen.se. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  2. ↑ Högström, Erik; Baas, David; Julander, Oscar (2014-05-25). "Succé för SD – tar plats i parlamentet | Val 2014". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  3. ↑ "Både Lundgren och Winberg till Bryssel" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 2014-04-25.
  4. ↑ Duxbury, Charles. "Top Two Swedish Parties Lose Ground in European Vote". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  5. ↑ "EXTRA Sweden Democrats win two of Sweden's 20 seats". europeonline-magazine.eu. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  6. ↑ http://www.europaportalen.se/2015/02/tva-svenskar-nominerade-som-basta-eu-parlamentariker
  7. ↑ http://www.mepawards.eu/shortlist
  8. ↑ http://www.vn.se/article/ingen-vinst-for-lundgren-sd/
  9. ↑ Lindholm, Emilia (2014-01-27). "Peter Lundgren kandiderar till Europaparlamentet". Värnamo Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2014-05-26.


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