Per Gustav Edvard Fridolin (born 10 May 1983)[citation needed] is a Swedish journalist, author, teacher and former politician who served as Minister for Education from 2014 to 2019 and as one of two spokespersons of the Green Party from 2011 to 2019.

As Minister for Education, he appointed the 2015 School Commission, took actions to safe-guard necessary knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics and introduced a programme (Lärarlönelyftet) designed to increase teacher's salary.

[1] Aged nineteen at the time, he was the youngest MP in Swedish history until 2010, when Anton Abele, a Moderate, set a new record.

Machines and men was cowritten with Ulf Bodach Söderström and lays out a possible policy for an environmentally friendly industry.

[12] In 2014 he became the Minister for Education in the Löfven Cabinet, a position which he served until 2019 when he was replaced by Anna Ekström of the Social Democrats.