Lars Törnman (born 6 May 1951) is a Swedish mine worker, trade union leader, politician, municipal commissioner, and mayor of Kiruna in 1994–2003 and 2008–2010 (sharing the latter post in 1998–2002 and 2008–2010). Törnman was born in

Kiruna (; ; ; ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norrbotten County. The c ...

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. He was a devoted

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until his founding of the Kiruna Party in 1994 and again since 2010. He made a failed attempt to reach the

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by running his Kiruna Party jointly with another local party as the Norrbotten Party (falling, with 9.1% of the vote, roughly three points short of the 12% threshold which would have allowed for a parliamentary seat for Törnman). During the 1990s and early 2000s the Kiruna Party was the dominant political force of Kiruna, dropping the Social Democrats with over a fifth of the electorate in its first showing in 1994. Later, successes were mixed, but dwindled after 2003, when the leadership of the town was forced to resign after internal disputes. Törnman was again appointed Municipal commissioner in 2008, two years after a devastating electoral showing, but returned to the Social Democrats in 2010.
Bakgrund: Kirunapartiet
Norrländska Socialdemokraten 11 January 2010
Ledare: Stark man står ensam

Norrbottens-Kuriren ''Norrbottens-Kuriren'' (simply ''NK'') is a daily regional conservative newspaper published in Norrbotten County, Sweden, and has its main office in Luleå. History and profile ''Norrbottens-Kuriren'' was founded in 1861, and therefore is the o ...

12 January 2010
Kirunapartiet kvar – utan Törnman
Norrländska Socialdemokraten 11 January 2010

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tornman, Lars 1951 births Living people Swedish politicians Swedish miners People from Kiruna