Lars Isovaara

Lars Anders Isovaara (born 23 January 1959 in Vittangi, Norrbotten County) is a Swedish civil engineer and former politician of the social conservative Sweden Democrats. He lives in Skellefteå, Sweden.

Lars Isovaara
Member of the Riksdag
for Uppsala County
In office
4 October 2010 – 29 November 2012
Personal details
Born (1959-01-23) 23 January 1959
Vittangi, Sweden
Political partySweden Democrats
Spouse(s)Christina Degerstedt
ProfessionCivil engineer

Isovaara was district chairman of the Sweden Democrats district North, covering Norrbotten County and Västerbotten County. He was also a member of the partys executive board and was criminal policy spokesperson until 2012. Isovaara became the first wheelchair user in the Riksdag.[1] and assumed office in 2010. He left the Riksdag on 29 November 2012 after an incident[2] where he was drunk and first accused two people of foreign origin of stealing his bag and then verbally abused a guard, who also has a foreign background. The bag, however, had been left at a restaurant and had been submitted to the Riksdag Security Unit.[3]

He served as a member of the parliamentary Committee on Industry and Trade (Näringsutskottet) until his resignation.

References
  1. Sweden's first wheelchair-bounded MP
  2. Uncut SVT interview with Isovaara where he describes the sequence of events Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. SD slopes of "stealing" from Isovaara
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