Per Westerberg

Per Westerberg
Per Westerberg in 2015
Speaker of the Riksdag
In office
2 October 2006  29 September 2014
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Preceded byBjörn von Sydow
Succeeded byUrban Ahlin
Minister for Industry and Commerce
In office
4 October 1991  7 October 1994
Prime MinisterCarl Bildt
Preceded byRune Molin
Succeeded bySten Heckscher
Member of the Riksdag
for Södermanland County
In office
1979–2014
Succeeded byErik Bengtzboe
Personal details
Born (1951-08-02) 2 August 1951
Nyköping, Sweden
Political partyModerate Party
Alma materStockholm School of Economics
OccupationPolitician
businessman

Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈpæːr ˈvɛ̂sːtɛrˌbærj]; born 2 August 1951) is a Swedish politician who was Speaker of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2014. He was a Member of the Riksdag from 1979 to 2014, its most senior member from 2006 to his resignation (see Father of the House). He was Sweden's Minister for Industry and Trade from 1991 to 1994.