Kenneth G. Forslund

Kenneth Gustaf Forslund (14 May 1967) is a Swedish politician who has served in the Riksdag for Västra Götaland County West as a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) since 2002, and has been the First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag since 2022. A member of the SAP since 1980, Forslund was chair of the party and its youth league in Kungälv and Bohuslän.

Early life Kenneth Gustaf Forslund was born in Kungälv, Sweden, on 14 May 1967.

Career Forslund is a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) and joined the party's youth league in 1980. He chaired the SAP in Bohuslän from 2007 to 2017. He was chair of the SAP's youth league in Bohuslän and Kungälv from 2009 to 2017. He was a member of Kungälv's municipal council.

In the 2002 election Forslund was elected to the Riksdag for Västra Götaland County West. In 2022, he was selected as First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag. During his tenure in the Riksdag he has served as chair of the Foreign Affairs committee from 2014 to 2022, Deputy member of the EU Affairs committee from 2011 to 2012, and since 2022, and Deputy member of the Defence committee since 2022. He was the SAP's spokesman on development aid policy from 2011 to 2014.

Forslund is a member of the Olof Palme International Center's board.

Personal life Forslund is the father of three children.

Political positions Forslund was opposed to the reparation of 33 people to Turkey in order for Turkey to drop its opposition to Sweden's admission to NATO. He worked for the yes campaign during the referendum to join the European Union in 1994.