Per Olof Andreas Norlén (; born 6 May 1973) is a Swedish politician and member of the Moderate Party who has served as Speaker of the Riksdag since September 2018. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (MP) for Östergötland County since October 2006. Norlén has previously been a member of the

Committee on the Constitution The Committee on the Constitution ( sv, konstitutionsutskottet) (KU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's responsibilities include examining issues relating to the Swedish Constitution and Administrative laws, as ...

, 2014–2018 as chair of the committee.

Career

Following the first sitting of the

Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...

since the

2018 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. Regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The incumbent minority government, consisting of the Social Democrats and the Gre ...

on 24 September, Norlén was elected the Speaker of the Riksdag. After the centre-left Löfven I Cabinet lost a vote of no confidence, Norlén began the task of nominating candidates for Stefan Löfven's successor as Prime Minister, according to the Swedish Instrument of Government. The lengthy work of finding a prime minister that could be tolerated by the Riksdag was concluded on 18 January 2019 when Löfven was appointed for a second term. Norlén was reelected as speaker of the Riksdag on 26 September 2022.

Honours

National honours

: Swedish Veterans Association (Fredsbaskrarna) Medal of Merit in silver (29 May 2022)

Foreign honours

: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (14 January 2019) * GER Bundesverdienstkreuz 7 Grosskreuz 218px

: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (7 September 2021) * ESP Isabella Catholic Order GC

: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (16 November 2021) * FIN Order of the White Rose Grand Cross BAR

: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (17 May 2022) * Order of Orange-Nassau ribbon - Knight Grand Cross

: Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (11 October 2022)

References

External links

Riksdagen: Andreas Norlén (m)Andreas Norléns webbplats
, - , - , - , - 21st-century Swedish politicians Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party Speakers of the Riksdag Living people 1973 births Politicians from Stockholm Stockholm University alumni Linköping University alumni Members of the Riksdag 2006–2010 Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 {{Sweden-politician-stub