Peter Eriksson (politician)

Peter Eriksson
Peter Eriksson
Minister for Housing and Digitalization
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 May 2016
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Per Bolund (acting)
MEP
In office 1 July 2014 – 25 May 2016
Member of the Riksdag
In office 1994–1998
Constituency	Stockholm County
In office 2002–2014
Co-spokesperson of the Swedish Green Party
In office 12 May 2002 – 21 May 2011 Serving with Maria Wetterstrand
Preceded by	Matz Hammarström Lotta Hedström
Succeeded by	Gustav Fridolin Åsa Romson
Personal details
Born	(1958-08-03) 3 August 1958 Tranås, Sweden
Political party	Green Party

Lars-Johan Peter Eriksson (born 3 August 1958 in Tranås, Småland) is a Swedish politician who has served as the Minister for Housing and Digital Development since 3 May 2016. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Prior to that, he was one of the two spokespersons (leaders) of the Green Party in Sweden between 2002 and 2011, working alongside Maria Wetterstrand.

He lives in Kalix, Norrbotten, where he was Municipal Commissioner from 1999 to 2004. He was also member of the Riksdag 1994–1998 and 2002–2014.

References

• Peter Eriksson at the Riksdag website

External links

• Peter Eriksson, blog