Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality, 10 December 2019 to present
Farmer, Entrepreneur, Member of Parliament
Swedish People's Party
Date and place of birth: 15 December 1965 Ekenäs
Place of residence: Raseborg

Political career

Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality, 10 December 2019 to present
Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality (Rinne), 6 June 2019–10 December 2019

Swedish People's Party Parliamentary Group, Chair 2018–2019
Swedish People’s Party, Party Council, Chair 2016–2018 and Deputy Party Leader 2005–2007

Member of Parliament, 2007 to present
Parliament work

Raseborg Local Council, Member 2009 to present, Chair 2009–2019
Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (Swedish delegation), Chair 2018–2019
Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council, Board Member 2009–2017
Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Board Member 2005–2008
Ekenäs Local Council, Member 1993–2008, Chair 2005–2008

Other work experience and societal responsibilities

Farmer, Entrepreneur 1992

VR Group Ltd, Supervisory Board, Member 2008–2012, 2015–2019
Patria Industries Oyj, Consultative Committee, Member 2012–2015

SLC - The Central Union of Swedish-speaking Agricultural Producers in Finland, Delegation, Chair 2018–2019 and Board, Member 2004–2017
Utbildningsstiftelsen Sydväst, Chair 2017–2019
OP Bank Raseborg, Supervisory Board, Chair 2018–2019, Board, Member 2000–2018
Swedish Assembly of Finland (Folktinget), Chair 2015–2019, Representative 2008 to present
Nylands Svenska Producentförbund regional union of agricultural producers, Chair 2004–2017
Finland's Swedish Fire and Rescue Association, Chair 2009–2015

Other information

Spouse: Maria Blomqvist, Master of Science in Economics
Language skills: Swedish, Finnish, English
Interests: societal issues, sports, history, literature

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Profile

Thomas Blomqvist was born on 15 January 1964 in Ekenäs. He is married to Maria Blomqvist and they have three children.

Blomqvist completed his upper secondary school education at Ekenäs gymnasium in 1984, after which he moved to Helsinki to study Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Helsinki. In 1992, he began his career as a farmer and entrepreneur. He was Chair of the delegation of the Central Union of Swedish-speaking Agricultural Producers in Finland in 2018–2019 and a member of its Board of Directors in 2004–2017.

Blomqvist first took interest in social issues through municipal politics. He has chaired the Local Councils of Ekenäs and Raseborg and the Swedish delegation of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, and has served as a member of the Board of the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 2007. During his time in Parliament, Blomqvist has worked with a wide range of issues. He has been Chair and a member of the Committee for the Future, a member of the International Affairs Forum, a member of the Speaker’s Council and a member of the Defence, Administration, Transport and Communications, and Agriculture and Forestry Committees.

Within the Swedish People’s Party, Blomqvist has acted as Chair of the Party Council and Deputy Party Leader. He has also served as Chair of the Swedish Parliamentary Group.

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