Roland Utbult

Roland Utbult (born 24 May 1951) is a Swedish politician and musician. Prior to entering politics, Utbult had a successful musical career in the Christian genre of Swedish music. He is a politician serving Kristdemokraterna in the Swedish Riksdag using his musical ability in his service as a politician before the parliament.

Along with other influential Christian musicians, Utbult appeared on the Swedish version of Gaither Homecoming "Minns du sången".

Biography

Early years Roland Utbult was born to fisherman Vilhelm Utbult and his wife Annie, née Pettersson, in Öckerö in the inner Göteborg archipelago.

He attended Göteborg University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in History. He later was enrolled at the Göteborg Academy of Music and the Göteborg Teachers Academy, leaving in 1978. In the same election, he was a successful candidate to the municipal council of Uddevalla, and subsequently appointed to the municipal executive board and the social services board for the 2006–2009 mandate. In August the same year, Utbult announced his defection to Kristdemokraterna, citing a better fit for his policy on marriage and family.

Utbult ran in the 2010 Swedish general election as a conservative, and was elected for the 2010–2014 mandate on the party list for Kristdemokraterna in the Västra Götaland County Western constituency. Having placed third in the party primaries, he won the preference vote with 17 % of the party vote, surpassing both top candidates. He was reelected in 2014, 2018 and 2022.

Discography

1975 Roland Utbult 1977 - Solkart 1978 - Sten Tuff - Single 1979 - Du är musiken 1982 - Kom och se 1982 - På din sida 1984 - Till vår Gud 1986 - Ansikte mot Gud 1988 - Den första kärleken 1991 - En sång inom mig 1993 - Längtan 1994 - Sjung sjung Halleuja 1995 - Stilla natt, heliga natt 1996 - Se dig om 1998 - Milstolpar 2003 - Längtan till havet 2003 - Små nycklar 2006 - Så skimrande var aldrig havet 2007 - Milstolpar 2 2009 - Roland Utbults bästa 2018 - KD-Låten 2020 - I Jesu armar 2022 - Vi är redo