Peter Lundgren (politician)


Kent Peter Lundgren is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament from Sweden. He is a member of the Sweden Democrats, part of European Conservatives and Reformists.
Lundgren was elected as Member of the European Parliament 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.

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.
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.

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. Peter Lundgren allegedly sexually assaulted a female colleague at a party event, this led to a larger scandal during the 2019 European election.