Lars Werner
![Lars Werner during a July 1974 visit to [[East Berlin]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Lars_Werner_1974.jpg)
Lars Helge Werner (25 July 1935 – 11 January 2013) was a Swedish socialist politician.Werner was born in Stockholm. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1965 to 1994. A construction worker by profession, he was elected vice chairman of the Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna (VPK) ("the Left Party - Communists") in 1967, and became party chairman in 1975. During his time as party leader, he worked to distance the party from the Soviet Union, a process that had been started by his predecessor as party leader, C.-H. Hermansson. In 1990, VPK changed its name to ''Vänsterpartiet'' ("the Left Party"), removing the term "Communists". Werner resigned as party leader in 1993, and was succeeded by Gudrun Schyman.
Werner died from a heart condition in 2013, at the age of 77. Provided by Wikipedia
-
1by Vibeke Andersen, Uffe Holmskov, Signe Bek Sørensen, Mohamad Jawhara, Karina W. Andersen, Anette Bygum, Lone Hvid, Jakob Grauslund, Jimmi Wied, Henning Glerup, Ulrich Fredberg, Jan Alexander Villadsen, Søren Geill Kjær, Jan Fallingborg, Seyed A. G. R. Moghadd, Torben Knudsen, Jacob Brodersen, Jesper Frøjk, Jens F. Dahlerup, Ole Haagen Nielsen, Robin Christensen, Anders Bo Bojesen, Grith Lykke Sorensen, Steffen Thiel, Nils J. Færgeman, Ivan Brandslund, Allan Stensballe, Erik Berg Schmidt, Andre Franke, David Ellinghaus, Philip Rosenstiel, Jeroen Raes, Berit Heitmann, Mette Boye, Charlotte Lindgaard Nielsen, Lars Werner, Jens Kjeldsen, Torkell EllingsenGet full text
Published 2017-05-01
Article