Constituency Sweden Name Peter Lundgren Nationality Swedish Role Politician | Political party Sweden Democrats Party Sweden Democrats Profession Truck driver | |
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Full Name Kent Peter Lundgren Born 2 February 1963 (age 61)
Ekeby, Bjuv, Skane County, Sweden ( 1963-02-02 ) | ||
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 Europe for Freedom and Democracy.
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Lundgren was elected as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the May 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.
In 2015, Lundgren was one of the nominees for the Parliament Magazine award as the best EU parliamentarian in the transport section. This was the very first nominee from the EFDD group. Lundgren did not win the award but said he was happy to be nominated.
Personal life
He lives in Kulltorp and is a member of the city council in Gnosjö Municipality.