Peter Lundgren (politician)

Kent Peter Lundgren (born 2 February 1963) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden. He is a member of the Sweden Democrats, part of European Conservatives and Reformists.[1]

Peter Lundgren MEP
Vice-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019
Co-chairs	Raffaele Fitto Ryszard Legutko
Serving alongside	Roberts Zīle Assita Kanko Derk Jan Eppink Hermann Tertsch
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2014
Constituency	Sweden
Personal details
Born	Kent Peter Lundgren (1963-02-02) 2 February 1963 Ekeby, Bjuv, Skåne County, Sweden
Political party	Swedish Sweden Democrats  EU European Conservatives and Reformists

Lundgren was elected as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the May 2014 European Parliament election in Sweden. He was re-elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden.[2]

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.[3][4][5][6]

In 2015, Lundgren was one of the nominees for the Parliament Magazine award as the best EU parliamentarian in the transport section.[7][8] This was the very first nominee from the EFDD group. Lundgren did not win the award but said he was happy to be nominated.[9]

Following his re-election to the European Parliament in 2019, Lundgren was elected one of six Vice-Chairs of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.[10]

Personal life

He lives in Kulltorp and was member of the city council in Gnosjö Municipality until his election to the European Parliament in 2014.[11] Peter Lundgren allegedly sexually assaulted a female colleague at a party event, this led to a larger scandal during the 2019 European election. [12]

References

1. "SD-kandidat: Jag vill avveckla EU" (in Swedish). europaportalen.se. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
2. Final results from European Parliament elections in Sweden Read 2019-05-31 (in Swedish)
3. 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.
4. "Både Lundgren och Winberg till Bryssel" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 2014-04-25.
5. Duxbury, Charles. "Top Two Swedish Parties Lose Ground in European Vote". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
6. "EXTRA Sweden Democrats win two of Sweden's 20 seats". europeonline-magazine.eu. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
7. "Två svenskar nominerade som bästa EU-parlamentariker". 2 February 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
8. "Shortlist - MEP Awards". 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
9. Lindholm, Emilia (19 March 2015). "Ingen vinst för Lundgren (SD)". vn.se. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
10. Peter Lundgren at European Parliament webside 2019-07-06
11. Lindholm, Emilia (2014-01-27). "Peter Lundgren kandiderar till Europaparlamentet". Värnamo Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2014-05-26.
12. Amorelli, Elisa (2019-05-20). "Peter Lundgren sexually assaulted – allowed to remain a candidate". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-07-10.