Lars Anders Isovaara (born 23 January 1959 in

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) is a

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and former politician of the nationalist

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. He lives in Skellefteå,

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. Isovaara was district chairman of the

district North, covering

and Västerbotten County. He was also a member of the partys executive board and was

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policy spokesperson until 2012. Isovaara became the first wheelchair user in the

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. and assumed office in 2010. He left the Riksdag on 29 November 2012 after an incident where he was

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and first accused two people of foreign origin of stealing his bag and then verbally abused a

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, who also has a foreign background. The bag, however, had been left at a restaurant and had been submitted to the ''Riksdag Security Unit''.SD slopes of "stealing" from Isovaara
/ref> He served as a member of the parliamentary Committee on Industry and Trade ''( Näringsutskottet)'' until his resignation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Isovaara, Lars 1959 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Sweden Democrats People from Kiruna Municipality