In the 2006 election Björklund was elected a Member of the Riksdag; shortly thereafter he was appointed Minister for Schools in the new centre-right cabinet led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt [REF].
Following Lars Leijonborg's decision to retire as party leader at the Liberal People's Party's national meeting in September 2007, Björklund was unanimously nominated by the party's election committee as the new party leader [REF].